W.S. Burroughs leaving my photo show Holly Solomon Gallery 57th Street & 5th Avenue, New York January 1985.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man standing on a wet sidewalk in a city street. He is facing the camera with a solemn expression, wearing a fedora, trench coat, and dark pants. His hands are in his pockets. In the background, tall buildings, a parked bus, pedestrians, vehicles, and reflections on the pavement are visible. An illuminated decoration resembling a star or fireworks is above the street.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.02 × 15.24 cm (9 1/16 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 25.24 × 20 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.137.4

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: W.S. Burroughs leaving my photo show Holly Solomon Gallery 57th Street & [?] 5th Avenue, New York January 1985. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: #283/ 11,641; by unknown hand (artist?), upper left in graphite: 1/22/85; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite, lightly crossed out: BK 1 H50 / (env 9); vertical along right edge in graphite: Gd-Ag-139; vertical along upper right edge in graphite: GDC-S83

Wikidata ID

Q64073404

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