I couldn't get over his beauty, he allowed me to photograph him thus. Lance Hendrickson, Tangier 1961, was hitchhiking thru.

1961, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Allen Ginsberg

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 12.4 cm (7 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.145.17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: I couldn't get over his beauty, he allowed me to photograph him thus. / Lance Hendrickson, Tanger [sic] 1961, was hitchhiking thru.; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 196173E ge 44; lower left in graphite: #44/732 / 1961; bottom left in graphite circled: 48; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-220; bottom right in graphite: GDC-528

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