"Head bowed on his shoulder, now and then, he listened." My father Louis Ginsberg in his velvet chair 1976 the year he died. See poems in "Don't Grow Old" series for further explanation.
1976, printed later
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.32 × 30.96 cm (8 × 12 3/16 in.)
sheet: 27.62 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2010.137.18
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary S. Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2010.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, along bottom in black ink: "Head bowed on his shoulder, now and then, he listened." My father Louis Ginsberg in his velvet chair 1976 the year / he died. See poems in "Don't Grow Old" series for further explanation. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: #104/3801 / BK6 # 28A neg4 + 4A / 1975; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-373; bottom right in graphite: GDC-711
Wikidata ID
Q64073442