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"Old Lady of "Old Lady of
Torrelominos" Torrelominos"
Humor is very much Humor is very much
a part of Edward a part of Edward
Drapkin's personality, Drapkin's personality,
and that trait informs and that trait informs
his work. He saw this his work. He saw this
90-something woman 90-something woman
on a nude beach in on a nude beach in
Spain in the early 1960s Spain in the early 1960s
and the image stayed and the image stayed
with him throughout with him throughout
the intervening years. the intervening years.
It's not meant to make It's not meant to make
fun of the subject; fun of the subject;
rather to pay homage rather to pay homage
to her free and unfet- to her free and unfet-
tered spirit. tered spirit.
