Ray Bremser master poet returned to New York after 8 years' absence, wrinkle-faced as before, to attend my "Rainbow Body Reading Series" at Brooklyn College & same night read at St. Mark's Church Poetry Project. Next evening we did two Poetry reading shows together for jazz club-- Village Vanguard anniversary week celebrations. He left early next morning by bus, for safety from drink, to his upstate New York Utica apartment. Saw him this way the night before all the poetry scenes, at my home, February 21, 1995.
1995
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: 24.1 × 24.1 cm (9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.163.14
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Ray Bremser master poet returned to New York after 8 years' absence, / wrinkel[sic]-faced as before, to attend my "Rainbow Body Reading Series" / at Brooklyn College & same night read at St Mark's Church Poetry Project. / Next evening we did two Poetry reading shows together for jazz club-- Village / Vanguard anniversary week celebrations. He left early next morning by / bus, for safety from drink, to his upstate New York Utica apartment. / Saw him this way the night before all the poetry scenes, at my home, / February 21, 1995.; on verso, possibly by artist, upper right in graphite: Signed AG. / 4/18/95 / x / print B.G.; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #96 VE; top right in graphite: Neg 9 / 2/21/95 / ✓; center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-236; bottom right in graphite: GDC-611