My uncle Abe Ginsberg, Daughters of Israel Geriatric Facility, West Orange, New Jersey, April 13, 1986. He was too weak to sip from a straw. He lifted his hand as I stood at the foot of the bed with camera. He died a week and half later. He had whispered, “I love you” when I first came in his room., 1986

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 27.5 x 18.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

sheet: 35.3 x 28 cm (13 7/8 x 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary S. Davis

Accession Number

2009.103.25

Artists / Makers

Allen Ginsberg (artist) American, 1926 - 1997

Image Use

This image is unavailable for download.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .
Contact us about image usage .

Copyright

Inscription

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: My uncle Abe Ginsberg, Daughters of Israel Geriatric Facility, West Orange, New Jersey, April 13, 1986. He was too weak to sip through a straw. He lifted his hand as I stood at the foot of the bed with camera. He died a week and half later. He had whispered "I love you" when I first came in his room.; on verso, by unknown hand, in upper left corner: #43 VE; across upper centre: 81; across center: page 55; in upper right corner: #74 [inscribed in a circle]; across lower center: 63 [inscribed in a circle] 558/ 18304 O.K. 4/17/86 OM25 Neg #17; along lower edge center: GD-AG-309; across lower right: BK8 #22 GDC-621 50

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.

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. 77.