Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.003360

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Balkan Grill / Vienna; handwritten: Nightlife; handwritten: 54+; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; handwritten: Owen OK [located within credit stamp]; handwritten: 20 [circled, crossed out]; handwritten: 7 [circled]; typed label: 20 & 21. “Gypsy chicken” is a young pullet enclosed in a solid clay shell and buried in / hot ashes for several hours to simmer in its own juices. Lady guest (Margaret Herzog / a Viennese) has privilege of cracking shell open with a hammer, registering surprise at / the aromatic, tender meat within.

Tagasauris Keywords: 3 people; Austria; Chef; Cooking; Day or night unknown; Female; Food; Hat; Indoors; Kitchen knife; Knife; Lifestyle and leisure; Male; Meal; Meat carving; Mid adult; Three quarter length; Waist up
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AUSTRIA / PEOPLE MISCELLANEOUS
Retouching: N