- Sue Hutchison has an obituary for the late Diane Middlebrook in the San Jose Mercury News.
That's about it!! On Thursday I visited the art gallery of Pierre Menard at 10 Arrow Street in Cambridge to view the exhibit on The Writer's Brush. Most of the artworks are for sale, including the "self-portrait" of Sylvia Plath. For just $35,000, you can own the image which appears to the left... The portrait used to be for sale via Ken Lopez, a high-end book dealer with quality stock, however I no longer see it listed on his website.
If I remember correctly, there was some controversy over this "Self-portrait". It is debatable, for example, that this is actually Plath pictured. I see very little resemblence. The provenance supports that this is Sylvia Plath's artwork, however.
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Hi Peter - Kim here. I don't believe that this is a self portrait of Plath, although that is how it has been advertised and now apparently sold. Even though Ken Lopez finally admitted that neither Warren or Frieda believed it was Plath, but was instead a school friend of Plath's (name escapes me), he still insisted that it was a self portrait. Of course, a self portrait of Plath would sell for more than a portrait by Plath. Not only does it look nothing like Plath, the person in the portrait has blue eyes. I have no doubts really that it is BY Plath, but OF Plath - sorry, I don't believe so.
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