Friend Robert Merims early 1950s
1953, printed later
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: 20.6 × 20.1 cm (8 1/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2013.145.41
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: Friend Robert Merims early 1950's; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite perpendicular: #4/30 / BK5 #3A [crossed out] / 1953; stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR / LOCATION / IMAGE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 197] / SLEEVE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 25] / PRINTED BY / NOTE; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-002; bottom right in graphite: GDC-755 AG-020
Wikidata ID
Q64073697