Dic Jones, ex Bardic Chair-holder, farmer on school steps where Eisteddfod Englynion contest was held. In the Night: "No hymn of birds, no Tremor -- save the sounds of the sea's sad tenor, / The stars ascend in splendor / and the dark creeps round the door." Aberystwyth, Wales April 8, 1995.
1995
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: 30.6 × 20.6 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
sheet: 30.4 × 27.8 cm (11 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2017.165.20
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: Dic Jones, ex Bardic Chair-holder, farmer on school steps where Eisteddfod / englynion contest was held. In the Night: "No hymn of birds, no Tremor -- / save the sounds of the sea's sad tenor,/The stars ascend in splendor/ / and the dark creeps round the door." Aberystwyth, Wales April 8, 1995.; on verso, center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax: 212-675-1686; lower right stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR [by unknown hand in graphite: 4/8/95] / LOCATION [by unknown hand in graphite: LAUGHARNE, WALES] / IMAGE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 068836 (NEG. #22)] / SLEEVE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 2200] / PRINTED BY [by unknown hand in graphite: BRIAN GRAHAM] / NOTE; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-259; bottom right in graphite: GDC-617