Paul Bowles preparing mint tea on our arrival at the market area souk center of the medina, we took train from Tangier, stayed a week in his travel friend Christopher Wanklyn's household, Marrakech, Morocco, July 20, 1961
1961, printed 1989
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.11 × 31.75 cm (8 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
sheet: 27.62 × 35.24 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2010.137.24
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary S. Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2010.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: Paul Bowles preparing mint-tea on our arrival at the market area souk, center of the medina, we took / train from Tanger [sic], stayed a week in his travel friend Christopher Wanklyn's household, Marrakech, Maroc [sic] July 20, 1961. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, stamp in black ink with graphite addition: PHOTO INFOMRATION: / YEAR 1961 / LOCATION TANGIER / IMAGE # 869 / SLEEVE # 59 / PRINTED BY SID KAPLAN / NOTE _________; lower right, by artist's hand (?), in graphite, inverted: 1961/150/1880 / SK printed 12/10/89; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-394; bottom right in graphite: GDC-839
Wikidata ID
Q64073448