Peter Orlovsky handsome before he left for Greece. Tangier 1961 The cement porch of our room over the bay.

1961, 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: 18 × 12.2 cm (7 1/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.184.5

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: Peter Orlovsky handsome before he left for Greece. Tanger [sic] 1961 / The cement porch of our room over the bay; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 1961 / #48/855; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-221; bottom right in graphite: GDC-529 AG-218

Wikidata ID

Q64073789

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