RD Laing, I visited with Poet Tom Pickard, camera in Tom’s hands, Laing’s residence in Hampstead, we were saying goodbye after a four hour talk & tour of house Dr. Laing was soon to depart, his marriage breaking up. London April 25, 1985

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 11.8 cm (7 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.196.10

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: RD Laing, I visited with Poet Tom Pickard, / camera in Tom’s hands, Laing’s residence in / Hampstead, we were saying goodbye after / a four hour talk & tour of house Dr. Laing / was soon to depart, his marriage breaking up. / London April 25, 1985; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-185; bottom right: GDC-570

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