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Picasso And Me By Art Buchwald from This is the 50th anniversary of the day I crossed paths with Pablo Picasso. It came about in a strange way. I had written a column showing how absurd some of my mail had become. One letter was from Philadelphia. It was written by a Temple University student named Harvey Brodsky. Harvey said he was in love with a girl named Gloria Segall, and he hoped to marry her someday. She claimed to be the greatest living fan of Picasso. The couple went to a Picasso exhibit and, to impress her, Harvey told Gloria that he could probably get the artists autograph. Harveys letter continued, Since that incident, Gloria and I have stopped seeing each other. I did a stupid thing and she threw me out and told me she never wanted to see me again. Im writing to you because Im not giving up on Gloria. Could you get Picassos autograph for me? If you could, I have a feeling Gloria and I could get back together. The futures of two young people depend on it. I know she is miserable without me and I without her. Everything depends on you. At the end of the letter, he said, I, Harvey Brodsky, do solemnly swear that any item received by me from Art Buchwald (namely, Pablo Picassos autograph) will never be sold or given to anyone except Miss Gloria Segall. I printed the letter in my column to show how ridiculous my mail was. When it appeared, David Duncan, a photographer, was with Picasso in Cannes and Duncan translated it for Picasso. Picasso was very moved, and he took out his crayons and drew a beautiful color sketch for Gloria Segall and signed it. Duncan called and told me the good news. I said, The heck with Gloria Segall, what about me? David explained this to Picasso and in crayons he drew a picture of the two of us together, holding a glass of wine, and wrote on the top, Pour Art Buchwald. By this time, the Associated Press had picked up the story and followed through on the delivery of the picture to Gloria Segall. When it arrived special delivery