Father Pierre Riches and Peter Hale New York December 4, 1992

1992

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Two individuals are shown from the waist up, seated side by side at a wooden table. The man on the left has his arm around the other person and is holding a book, while the younger man has curly dark hair and an earring. Glasses and a mug are placed on the table in front of them. The background includes a doorway with book-filled shelves and framed wall hangings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 × 19.1 cm (7 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York), 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Father Pierre Riches and Peter Hale New York December 4, 1992; on verso, signed by artist, center in black ink: Allen Ginsberg / 6/9/93; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: Neg #5 / Contact 1864 / 12/4 192; bottom center in graphite: GD-AD-116; bottom right in graphite: GDC-606

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