Name/Title
Hemingway and FriendsEntry/Object ID
1987.01.1562Description
Oil on canvas painting by Erik Johan Smith depicting Ernest Hemingway (bottom right) alongside several of his Key West friends at Sloppy Joe's Bar. Others who have been identified in the painting are George Brooks (Key West lawyer and politician), Skinner (bartender at Sloppy Joe's), 'Sloppy' Joe Russell, 'Big Louise' (Key West policeman), Julius Stone (FERA Administrator), Clarence Higgs ('Hawk' Commissioner), Captain Aaron Sharpley (bar pilot), 'Calamity' (Western Union Telegraph operator), 'Chips' Olof Soderberg (Ship's carpenter of salvage vessels WARBLE and WILLET) and 'Greasy' Edmund Rabonje (Bootlegger).Collection
Works Progress Administration (WPA) CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Smith, Erik JohanRole
ArtistDate made
circa 1934 - circa 1936Time Period
20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
60 inWidth
76 inDepth
1-1/2 inCondition
Reason for Exam
InventoryOverall Condition
Good