Summer 1965, 8 day backpack climbing in wilderness area of Northern Cascades, Glacier Park, Washington State, Gary Snyder back from a near-decade in Kyoto studying & practicing Zazen. My first mountain walk.

1965, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows two individuals in an outdoor setting. One person is standing and the other is seated on a rock. The standing individual has partially bald hair and is wearing a jacket over a light-colored shirt and light pants. The seated person has a full beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and pants. They are surrounded by rocky terrain with sparse grass, indicating a mountainous landscape. The background shows a rocky hillside sloping upwards towards the sky. No jewelry or handheld objects are visible in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 27 x 20.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.146.18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed and captioned by artist, across bottom in black ink: Summer 1965, 8 day backpack climbing in wilderness / area of Northern Cascades, Glacier Park, Washington State, Gary / Snyder back from a near-decade in Kyoto studying & / practicing Zazen. My first mountain walk. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-346; bottom right: Very Good. / OK / Neg #30A / Bk6 #2 Env1 / 1965 / GDC-651

Wikidata ID

Q64073490

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