Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?

1950s, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man sitting in an armchair. He is positioned slightly angled, looking towards the camera with a direct gaze. The man has short hair, glasses, and a clean-shaven face. He is wearing a suit with a light-colored shirt and a patterned tie. The armchair has a patterned fabric. A side table with several small objects or magazines is partially visible. A staircase with bannisters is in the background, and there is a lit lamp casting a soft glow from the left side of the image, creating shadows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.57 × 18.42 cm (7 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.24 × 20.32 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.137.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary S. Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 E 34 Street Paterson, late 1950's? Allen / Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 1953 / #14/135/1; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-232; bottom right in graphite: GDC-S40

Wikidata ID

Q64073402

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