Paul Bowles in bed with Christmas presents brought by biographer Virginia Carr of Atlanta, his apartment Immeuble Itesa Tangier, several days before his 83'd birthday at month's end. December 24, 1993 xmas day.
1993
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Allen Ginsberg
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 26.9 × 17.7 cm (10 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2016.184.22
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: Paul Bowles in bed with Christmas presents brought / by biographer Virginia Carr of Atlanta, his apartment / Immeubles [sic] Itesa Tanger [sic], several days before his 83'd / birthday at month's end. December 24, 1993 xmas day.; on verso, by artist, lower right in graphite: TANGERS [sic]; center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-239; bottom right in graphite: GDC-673
Wikidata ID
Q64073816