Peter Orlovsky by pond C.O.P. Farm Cherry Valley

c. 1967, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a landscape with a pond in the foreground reflecting the surroundings. There is vegetation with tall grasses and a person is standing on their hands. In the distance, there is a line of trees forming the horizon. The black and white color scheme highlights contrasts between light and shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 x 25.4 cm (7 1/8 x 10 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.103.34

  • 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. 67.

Inscriptions

artist inscription, across bottom under image: Peter Orlovsky by Pond C.O.P Farm Cherry Vallery; verso, by unknown hand, across lower center in graphite: GD-AG-201; lower right corner: GDC-512; in upper right corner, in blue ink: 124/4400

Wikidata ID

Q64073379

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