Herbert E. Huncke age 69 retired from the street on methadone program, head tilted wise-eyed for wry conversation, about to say something charming, flattering or honest at the kitchen table New York March 1984.
1984
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: 18.4 × 27.4 cm (7 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
sheet: 27.7 × 35.2 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2012.118.65
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: Herbert E. Huncke age 69 retired from the street on methadone program, head / tilted wise-eyed for wry conversation, about to say something charming, flat- / tering or honest at the kitchen table New York March 1984. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: T61; upper center: first; upper right circled: #47; center inverted and circled in black pencil crayon: 23; center: BK 1 #9B / March 84; center in graphite: 183/8279; center right perpendicular: 54; lower center: page 82; lower right perpendicular: 1983?4? X; bottom left circled: 151; bottom center: GD-AG-367; bottom right: GDC-645 33
Wikidata ID
Q64073593