W. S. Burroughs at rest in the sideyard of his house looking at the sky, empty timeless Lawrence Kansas May 28, 1991. But “the car dates it” he noticed when he saw this snapshot.
1991, printed 1995
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Allen Ginsberg
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 22.1 x 33 cm (8 11/16 x 13 in.)
sheet: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2009.103.29
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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2010 The Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Ellen and Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University, New York; The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, 2010 - 2013, no. 95.
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: W.S. Burroughs at rest in the side-yard of his house looking at the sky, empty timeless Lawrence, Kansas May 28, 1991. But "the car dates it" he noticed when he saw this snapshot.; on verso, by artist's hand, across center right in graphite: Signed 4/29/95 AG; by unknown hand, across upper left: #107 VE Allen Ginsberg - W.S.B Kansas 1991; across lower edge center: GD-AG-275; in lower right corner: 5/28/91 Neg 11A X [inscribed in a circle] GDC-638; across center stamped in black ink: Photograph By Allen Ginsberg COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Fax 212-675-1686
Wikidata ID
Q64073369