[Literature & Art] Hemingway, Ernest. (1899 - 1961). Signed Photograph during filming of "Old Man and the Sea," inscribed to Toots Shor. Visually-striking iconic vintage photograph of Hemingway posing alongside a giant marlin, signed and inscribed in blue ink pen “To Toots, small edible fish from his pal Ernie Hemingway." The Toots is Bernard "Toots" Shor, friend of Hemingway and owner of Toots Shor's Restaurant, a trendy Manhattan restaurant from the 1940s and 50s, known for being frequented by Hemingway and celebrities such as Joe DiMaggio, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe etc. Very good condition with toning and expected minor wear to the edges and corners, markings in pencil on verso. 6" x 4".



Just off the northern coast of Peru, Cabo Blanco was known worldwide as Marlin Boulevard for the record-setting fish that filled its waters. It was there that Hemingway spent April and May of 1956 with a film crew from Warner Brothers studios making the movie version of his book, The Old Man and the Sea. From Hemingway’s quintessential fisherman pose, to the Old Man and the Sea story-related setting, to the amusing inscription in his hand, to the dedicatee of the inscription, this photograph is exceptional!