Introduction
The following images represent a series of portraits focusing on the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. "Beckett's Party" is an homage to artists of various disciplines. Depictions include Antonin Artaud, Kathe Kollwitz, James Baldwin, Rudolf Nureyev, Samuel Beckett, Patti Smith, Diego Rivera, Pina Bausch, Bob Marley, Maria Callas and Ingmar Bergman. "The Presentation," a double portrait of the English actor John Hurt, is also included in the series.