W.S. Burroughs in his London Burberry raincoat purchased by B.B.C., here March 30, 1985 at opening of Francesco Clemente’s painting show Castelli Gallery — the artist’s figure hand outstretched behind Bill’s left shoulder.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.6 x 18.9 cm (7 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.103.22

  • 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

Exhibition History

2010

  • Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University, New York; The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, 2010 - 2013, no. 93.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: W.S. Burroughs in his London Burberry raincoat purchased by BBC., here March 30, 1985 at opening of Francesco Clemente's painting show Castelli Gallery - the artist's figure hand outstretched behind Bill's left shoulder.; on verso, by unknown hand, across lower center in graphite: GD-AG-166; lower right: GDC-576; across upper left: # 320/12,093; across upper right: 3/30/85 BK 3 # 11 env 2 [lightly crossed out]

Wikidata ID

Q64073340

You may be interested in

Loading Results