BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.-The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Ernest Hemingway and Walker Evans: Three Weeks in Cuba, 1933, on view through November 30, 2005. Through a combination of 50 never-before-exhibited photographs by American master Walker Evans, and 20 newly found Hemingway letters, photographs and artifacts, this exhibition will expand our understanding of the relationship between Hemingway and Evans and the influence these remarkable men had on each other's creative styles. I have some pictures tonight, and will have more tomorrow These cryptic words, in a handwritten note to Hemingway from Evans, are part of a mystery that is only now coming to light.
Their friendship began in Havana in May 1933. Hemingway had arrived in Cuba to fish and work on manuscripts. Evans came to take photographs for The Crime of Cuba, which was severely critical of the Cuban dictator Machado. The social and political upheaval they observed, and their late night discussions, affected the work of both men for the rest of their lives. During this period, Hemingway wrote To Have and Have Not, and many of Evans' photographs are directly related to scenes in this book. Ernest Hemingway and Walker Evans: Three Weeks in Cuba, 1933 is organized by the Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House, Florida, and circulated by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions.
