Gregory Corso Paris 1957, looking out his skylight 9 Rue Gît-le-Coeur. At this time he had completed Bomb and was "eliminating ""Death" & "Clown".

1957, printed 1984

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Allen Ginsberg

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.4 × 20.32 cm (13 15/16 × 8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.62 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.137.15

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: Gregory Corso Paris 1957, looking out his skylight 9 Rue Gît-Le-Coeur [sic] Allen Ginsberg / At this time he had completed Bomb and was "eliminating" "Death" & "Clown". 1984; on verso, by artist's hand, lower center, vertical in graphite: Gaveaway / Daili (?); by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: #43/722 / BK 5 (?) H 27A NEG 11 (crossed out) / 1957; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-086; bottom right in graphite GDC-681; bottom right in graphite: AG-854

Wikidata ID

Q64073431

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