Gregory Corso serious, straightforward looking at me on Jane Faigao's patio, hot tub behind him, he'd taken psychedelic "Ecstasy" powders earlier in the day-- "Empathy" probably be a more accurate name--we were teaching at Narapa Poetics School, 1985

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 14 × 13.8 cm (5 1/2 × 5 7/16 in.)

sheet: 32 × 42 cm (12 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary S. Davis

Accession Number

2011.146.12

Artists / Makers

Allen Ginsberg (artist) American, 1926 - 1997

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Inscription

signed and captioned by artist, across bottom in black ink: Gregory Corso serious straightforward looking at / me on Jane Faigao's patio, hot tub behind him, he'd / taken psychedelic "Ecstasy" powders earlier in the day / - - "Empathy" probably be a more accurate name - - / we were teaching at Narapa Poetics School, July / 29, 1985. Allen Ginsberg; by unknown hand, across bottom in graphite: GDC-601 GDC-602; on verso, by unknown hand, across bottom in graphite: GDC-602 CD-AG-25 GDC-601; lower left on mount circled: #4; across bottom: Image# 14268 GD-AG-25 Image; lower right: GDC-596 Image# 11815 GDC-601 + GDC-602 52

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.