William Burroughs amusing himself with 1953's recent translation of St.-Jean Perse's Vents, living room floor 206 East 7th Street New York City, Fall '53., 1953, printed later

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.67 × 25.88 cm (6 9/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

sheet: 27.62 × 35.56 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary S. Davis

Accession Number

2010.137.22

Artists / Makers

Allen Ginsberg (artist) American, 1926 - 1997

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Inscription

signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: William Burroughs amusing himself with 1953's recent translation of St.-Jean Perse's / _Vents_, living room floor 206 East 7th Street New York City, Fall '53. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: # 18 VE; upper right in graphite: # 11; center in graphite: page 26; lower left in graphite: # 19/173 / 1953 / BK5 # 13B / neg 8; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-244; lower right in graphite: GDC-750

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary S. Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.