William S. Burroughs 222 Bowery New York Spring 1985. Illustrating a Wild Boy's horns? Cat's ears?

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows an older man from the waist up, seated at a table. His hands are raised to his head, lightly touching his hair. The man has a long face with pronounced cheekbones, a prominent nose, and a slightly downturned mouth. His hair is sparse and brushed back. He is wearing a buttoned-up light-colored shirt beneath a darker, patterned blazer. The blazer has two visible buttons on the sleeve. He sits at a table with a sheet of paper in front of him. In the background, there are shelves with various indistinct objects against a plain wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.5 × 18.8 cm (7 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: William S. Burroughs 222 Bowery New York Spring 1985. Illustrating a Wild / Boy’s horns? Cats ears? Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: #314/12, 025; upper center: 3/26/85; upper center crossed out in graphite: Bk 3 #6 / env 1; center in graphite: Burroughs / 222 Bowery / The Bunker; lower center: GD-AG-187; lower right in blue ink on tape: R50.; bottom right in graphite: GDC-519

Wikidata ID

Q64073547

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