Robert Frank, inquisitive private look not unkind, patient, "Maybe I could show you something too." Kiev Restaurant, 2'nd Avenue & 7th Street, March 7, 1984.

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man seated with his arms crossed. He is slightly sideways to the camera, looking towards the lens. He has a prominent forehead, deep-set eyes, and gray, unkempt hair. He is wearing a partially unbuttoned plaid shirt. The background is a dimly lit indoor space with other people in the blurred background. Soft lighting and visible light fixtures are present, along with branches or twigs at the top of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 x 27.6 cm (7 5/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.103.16

  • Copyright

    Copyright (c) 2010 The Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Ellen and Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Robert Frank, inquisitive private look not unkind, patient, "Maybe I could show you something too." Kiev Restaurant, 2'nd Avenue & 7th Street, March 7, 1984.; on verso, by unknown hand, across upper left in graphite: T59; across lower left edge: march 1984; in lower left corner: 176 [inscribed in a circle]; across lower right: March 7, 1984 53 11a [inscribed in a circle]; across center right: 93 [inscribed in a circle] 57

Wikidata ID

Q64073316

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