Dorothy Norman recovering from broken leg, her house Easthampton July 7, 1985 - we'd met in late 1950s, I'd known her as editor of Civil-libertarian 1930s Twice a Year journal - same decade she'd been Alfred Stieglitz’s love, he'd photographed her hands in this mudra 1932.
1985
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.27 × 31.43 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.) -
Accession
2010.137.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary S. Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2010.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: Dorothy Norman recovering from broken leg, her house Easthampton July 7, 1985 - we'd / met in late 1950s, I'd known her as editor of Civil-libertarian 1930's Twice A Year journal - Same / decade she'd been Alfred Steiglitzs [sic] love, he'd photographed her hands in this mudra 1932. / Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: # 20, upper right in graphite (erased): # 65; upper center in graphite: 93; lower center in graphite: page 83; by artist's hand, lower right in graphite: 7/7/85 / Sleeve 392 / Image 13, 691; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-325; bottom right in graphite: GDC-644