Father Pierre Riches at kitchen table December 4, 1992

1992

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image depicts a man seated at a table. He is leaning forward with his arms resting on the table, holding a glass in one hand. The man has a round face, a lightly receding hairline, and thinning hair. He is wearing a short-sleeved, button-up shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and he has short, neatly combed hair. On the table in front of him are eyeglasses, a watch on his wrist, a book, and a pen. A door with a small cityscape image, a vase with flowers, and two candles are also visible. In the background, there are various objects like books or magazines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.3 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.1 cm (7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Father Pierre Riches at Kitchen table December 4, 1992; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 28-28A / 12/4/92 / Contact 1875; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-135; bottom right in graphite: GDC-506

Wikidata ID

Q64073779

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