Property from a distinguished private collection, Turkey
Location:
Bonhams, New Bond Street, London
Note:
The present portrait is a depiction of the artists daughter Sirin Devrim played Lady Macbeth in the 1960's at the Rumeli Fortress on the Bosporus, organised by the Istanbul City Theater
Shirin Devrim was born in Istanbul, Turkey and was educated in Berlin, Baghdad, Istanbul and New York. She was a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Her first professional appearance was in 1950 at the Court Theatre in Wisconsin as Bella Manningham in Gas Light. In 1953, she made her off Broadway debut as Rosa Gonzales in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke.
In the mid 1950's she returned to her native land and overnight became one of the leading actresses and directors of the Turkish theater. Among the many parts she played are Mrs. Harrington in Peter Schaeffers' Five Finger Exercise , Mrs. Levy in The Matchmaker, Mrs. Rosepettle in Oh Dad, Poor Dad..., Mrs. Gant in Look Homeward Angel and Mary in The Women , and Serafina in the The Rose Tattoo, as well as Katherina in Taming of the Shrew, Lady Macbeth, and Queen Gertrude in two different productions of Hamlet.