Jello Biafra (nee Eric Boucher) head of Dead Kennedys rock band, visiting New York after obscenity trial (won by hung jury) over art illustrations to his "Frankenchrist" album. "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," "Too Drunk to Fuck," and "White Punks on Dope" were early underground hits late 1970's. He was on tour, lecturing on Reagan-era censorship moves, here "rebounding from the want-ads, surprised scrutinized by Candid surveillance camera," his briefcase open in small bedroom, pens clipped to strap, old backstage tour passes posted inside. Recovering from flu, late night tea, October 6, 1987.

1987

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.9 × 28.7 cm (7 7/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.145.30

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: Jello Biafra (nee Eric Boucher) head of Dead Kennedys rock band, visiting New York / after obscenity trial (won by hung jury) over art illustrations to his "Frankenchrist" / album. "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," "Too Drunk to Fuck," and "White Punks on Dope" were early under- / ground hits late 1970's. He was on tour, lecturing on Reagan-era censorship moves, here "reb- / ounding from the want-ads, surprised scrutinized by Candid surveillance camera," his / briefcase open in small bedroom, pens clipped to strap, old backstage tour passes posted / inside. Recovering from flu, late night tea, October 6, 1987.; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-287; bottom right in graphite: GDC-637

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