Peter Orlovsky & Robert Frank parked across from my apartment door, his truck --he had stopped by to visit. I brought down my Leica & Fuji cameras & film for him to take my photo for back cover Selected Poems. Peter came by. They hadn't seen each other in nine months Peter said. East 12th street, June 11, 1996.
1996
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: 20.5 x 30.1 cm (8 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2011.146.25
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 & Robert Frank parked across from my apartment door, his truck - he'd stopped / by to visit, I brought down my Leica & Fuji cameras & film for him to take my photo for back / cover [underline] Selected Poems. Peter came by, they hadn't seen eachother in nine months Peter said. / East 12th street, June 11, 1996 Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-254; bottom right: GDC-688