William Burroughs amusing himself with 1953's recent translation of St.-Jean Perse's Vents, living room floor 206 East 7th Street New York City, Fall '53.
1953, 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: 16.67 × 25.88 cm (6 9/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
sheet: 27.62 × 35.56 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.) -
Accession
2010.137.22
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: William Burroughs amusing himself with 1953's recent translation of St.-Jean Perse's / Vents, living room floor 206 East 7th Street New York City, Fall '53. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: # 18 VE; upper right in graphite: # 11; center in graphite: page 26; lower left in graphite: # 19/173 / 1953 / BK5 # 13B / neg 8; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-244; lower right in graphite: GDC-750
Wikidata ID
Q64073446