Peter Orlovsky in my room 1010 Montgomery Street looking tender and mad, hopeful & happy.

1955, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Allen Ginsberg

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 x 26.5 cm (6 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.146.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed and captioned by artist, across bottom in black ink: Peter Orlovsky in my room 1010 Montgomery Street looking tender and mad, hopeful & happy. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: #34/557 / [strikethrough] BD 5 # 21A env 1/ 1955 / [circled] 30; bottom center: GD-AG-384; bottom right: GD 680 AG-035

Wikidata ID

Q64073502

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