He finished the painting yesterday noon. Now <br />he studies it in detail. He has painted him in a <br />gray unbuttoned coat, a deep gray; without <br />any vest or any tie. With a rose-colored shirt; <br />open at the collar, so something might be seen <br />also of the beauty of his chest, of his neck. <br />The right temple is almost entirely <br />covered by his hair, his beautiful hair <br />(parted in the manner he perfers it this year). <br />There is the completely voluptuous tone <br />he wanted to put into it when he was doing the eyes, <br />when he was doing the lips.... His mouth, the lips <br />that are made for consummation, for choice love-making.<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/picture-of-a-23-year-old-youth-painted-by-his-fr/
