Simon Black 1958-2008
Damascus Gate Coffee Shop, 1985
etching on paper
13.9 x 17.8 cm
framed 29.6 x 35.2 cm
framed 29.6 x 35.2 cm
signed and dated (lower right): Simon H Black 85
1987-33
© Simon Black estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
This etching from the early part of Manchester-born painter and engraver Simon Black's career, depicts a coffee shop in Damascus Gate, portal to the old city of Jerusalem, with its...
This etching from the early part of Manchester-born painter and engraver Simon Black's career, depicts a coffee shop in Damascus Gate, portal to the old city of Jerusalem, with its popular nargila or shisha (tobacco water pipes), a traditional part of traditional Middle Eastern culture.
Provenance
purchased by the Ben Uri Art Society 1986Exhibitions
1998 Landscapes of Israel: Israeli Artists and Scenes from the Ben Uri Collection, Etz Chayim GalleryLiterature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 25.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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