Amazing original check drawn on Guaranty Trust Company of New York dated December 23rd,1956 payable to Roberto Herrera hand-signed by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's signature has been PSA DNA authenticated. Framed with Prototype of the fine art giclee ' Papa and Josie ' depicting ' Papa ' Hemingway and ' Sloppy Joe ' Russell standing next to a Marlin in Havana Harbor,1932.
Roberto Herrera was Hemingway’s friend, personal secretary, and manager of Finca La Vigia, Hemingway’s Cuban property. Herrera and Hemingway became good friends while sharing their mutual interests in hunting, fishing aboard the “Pilar”, and drinking at their favorite bar, La Floridita, in Havana. They also attended bullfights together, and Herrera, an avid photographer, captured many photos and movies of all these activities. Hemingway called Herrera “El Monstruo” (the Monster), and signed much of his correspondence to Herrera “Mr. Papa”. By the mid-1940s, Hemingway was travelling extensively and for long periods of time, leaving his Cuban home, Finca La Vigia (Lookout Farm), in the hands of Herrera. After Hemingway’s 1961 suicide, Herrera was appointed to represent Hemingway’s affairs in Cuba, including the deeding of the property and contents of “Finca La Vigia” to the Cuban people “as a place of opportunity for wider education and research, to be maintained in his memory.” The property became a museum, and Herrera acted as Conservator until his death in 1970....
Measures approx. 31 3/8" x 32 1/2" framed.
