BIB_ID
458401
Accession number
MA 23840.1643
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) : color illustration ; 12.6 x 18.1 cm
Notes
Written during the production of "The Deceivers" (1988).
The image on the verso is a color photograph of a spectacularly painted elephant during a festival in Jaipur.
Addressed to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 400 East 52nd St. New York 10022 USA, postmark illegible.
The image on the verso is a color photograph of a spectacularly painted elephant during a festival in Jaipur.
Addressed to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 400 East 52nd St. New York 10022 USA, postmark illegible.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Reads: Dear Ruth, The shooting is progressing well. Things have calmed down. The writ filed against us in the court has been dismissed. The drama in Jaipur coming to an end. We finish shooting in Jaipur on 24th and move to Agra for four days and from Nov 1 we will be in [illegible]. Nick Meyer is very good and works well with Walter. I will be visiting Nana in Ahmedabad on one of my trips to Bombay. Love to you both, Ismail.
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