Wade Walton’s barbershop, Clarksdale, Mississippi—Walton an old blues musician, Harry Smith came to record rhythmic clicking of his barber scissors, April 19, 1987

1987

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.2 × 24.3 cm (6 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.1 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.196.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Wade Walton’s barbershop, Clarksdale Mississippi—Walton an old blues musician, / Harry Smith came to record rythmic [sic] clicking of his barber scissors, April 19, 1987~; on verso, by artist, lower right in graphite: Neg #13 / 4/19/87 / Clarksdale, Miss. / Leica; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 4 1/2 x 6 62% p108 / BU 8 / #761124815; lower left perpendicular: Do Not Crop Word [arrow] top; lower center: Wade Walton / Ike's [crossed out] Barbershop; bottom center: GD-AG-145; bottom right: GDC-491

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