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  • Drawing on the Bowery

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    “As an example of my wanderings, let me briefly introduce the Bowery …” (The Street is my Studio, Joseph Papin, American Artist, 1959). Drawings done on-the-scene circa 1957. “$0.60 per night, $2.85 per week” “Monroe Hotel on the Bowery providing the barest necessities for its patrons, rates seemed reasonable, reading facilities were provided for those…