Henry John Drewal Collection

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Series 1 is comprised of photos taken by Dr. Henry Drewal while traveling in Morocco from May 29, 1997 to June 21, 1997. The series includes images taken in Casablanca, Rabat, Salé, Fès al Bali, Meknès, Sijilmassa, Rissani, Marrakech, and Essaouira. Subjects include architecture, market scenes, craftsmen and artisans at work, musicians, landscapes and city views, ancient sites and museums. Series 2 is comprised of photographs taken by Dr. Henry Drewal while traveling in South Africa from March 8, 1997 to March 30, 1997. The series includes images taken in Cape Town, Durban, Injasuti, Johannesburg, Lindelani, and Pietermaritzburg. Subjects include political rallies, religious festivals, artists and artist studios, universities, galleries and museums, public murals and sculptures, architecture, rock art sites, and portraits. Series 3 includes images of art objects belonging to the Drewal-Kahn private collection and paintings by Trevor Makhoba.

Collection

Henry John Drewal Collection

Catalog date

1997

Recorded places

Morocco; South Africa

Cataloged creator or photographer

Drewal, Henry John; Bag Factory (South Africa); FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists)

Format and extent

1442 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

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