My aunt Edie Leegant (Uncle Max Frohman's sister), Santa Monica 1985, with her room mate Mollie, and granddaughter's photo in black sweater over her shoulder. "Max's sister Edie works, 17 years bookkeeper at Ginabelle's-" Kaddish. Now she's 82 years old & spry, walked me two miles to cousin Oscar's house after this photo was made.
1985
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: 24.3 × 30.5 cm (9 9/16 × 12 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2016.184.32
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: My aunt Edie Leegant (Uncle Max Frohman's sister), Santa Monica 1985, with her roommate Mollie, and grand- / daughter's photo in black sweater over her shoulder. "Max's sister Edie works, 17 years bookkeeper at Ginabelle's-" Kaddish. / Now she's 82 years old & spry, walked me two miles to cousin oscar's [sic] house after this photo was made.; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Bk1 [crossed out] / #60C [crossed out] / env 11; top right in graphite: 3/11/85 / #300/11,881; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-333; bottom right in graphite: GDC-745