Bill Burroughs, more friendly + open than I realized at the time - 1953 - really pleased!

1953, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 31.3 cm (8 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.145.27

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: Bill Burroughs, more friendly & open than I realized at the time - 1953 - really pleased!; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: #19/172 / 1953 / Bk 5 # 13B [crossed out] / neg 7; lower right stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR / LOCATION / IMAGE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 111] / SLEEVE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 13] / PRINTED BY / NOTE; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-070; bottom right in graphite: GDC-624 AG-005

Wikidata ID

Q64073677

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