William S. Burroughs paused a moment before one of half-dozen raw plywood bigger-than-life silhouettes cut out for him to collage, paint, stamp, spraycan and/or shotgun, Prepared by then-assistant neighbor friend Steven Lowe whose house we visited, Lawrence, Kansas March 19, 1992.

1992

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.9 × 25.9 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.3 × 40.5 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.118.82

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: William S. Burroughs paused a moment before one of half-dozen / raw plywood bigger-than-life silhouettes cut out for him to / collage, paint, stamp, spraycan and/or shotgun, Prepared by / then-assistant neighbor friend Steven Lowe whose house we visit- / ed, Lawrence, Kansas March 19, 1992. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: GD-AG-112; lower right: GDC-876

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