C.P. Cavafyさんのイラストまとめ

J.M. Whistler: “The Princess from the Land of Porcelain” (1864), modelled by Christina Spartali, part of the Cavafy family circle in London, and a painting Cavafy was likely to have known. Cavafy was to be photographed in front of an oriental screen at home in Alexandria 1929.

Two postcards to Cavafy depicting works by the artist Theodore Ralli (“Aphrodite”, “Les dernières lueurs”) from the 1904 Salon, one of which bears a handwritten note of thanks by the artist to Cavafy. Cavafy Archive.

“At the noisy end of the café, head bent
over the table, an old man sits alone.”

– Andreas Georgiadis (b.1972), “Portrait of Cavafy at an Advanced Age”.

#poetry #cavafy

“Mohammed Aly Square is my aunt. Rue Cherif Pacha is my first cousin and the Rue de Ramleh my second. How can I leave them?”

– C.P. Cavafy, when asked late in his life if he was willing to leave Alexandria.