Raymond Foye, who age 8 was Kerouac's newspaper delivery boy in Lowell, Mass. later working for City Lights edited Bob Kaufman's books (also for New Directions) & John Wieners' Selected Poems for Black Sparrow; then senior Editor Hanuman books, arranged my collaborations with Francesco Clemente & catalogued my photo negatives '47-'85, curated first photo show. Xmas 1986 in Japanese restaurant 1st Ave + 10 Street Manhattan.
1986, printed 1991
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: 29.53 × 19.37 cm (11 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35.24 × 27.62 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2010.137.19
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: Raymond Foye, who age 8 was Kerouac's newspaper delivery boy in Lowell, / Mass. later working for City Lights edited Bob Kaufman's books (also for New / Directions) & John Wieners' Selected Poems for Black Sparrow; then senior Editor Han- / uman books, arranged my collaborations with Francesco Clemente & Cat- / alogued my photo negatives '47-'85, curated first photo show. Xmas 1986 / in Japanese restaurant 1st Ave + 10 street Manhattan. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by artist's hand, lower right in graphite: signed 6/15/91 / AG; by arist's hand, lower right in graphite: 12/21/86 / Leica / NY # 30; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-300; lower right in graphite: GDC-730