William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bedroom standing closet through door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of Yage Letters & Queer mss.
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: 19.1 × 29.1 cm (7 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.)
sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.184.20
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: William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bed- / room standing closet thru [sic] door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of Yage Letters & Queer mss.; on verso, by artist, center in graphite inverted: [illegible] / [illegible] / [illegible]; center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 1953 / #20/198; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-60; bottom right in graphite: GDC-669
Wikidata ID
Q64073814