Eugene Brooks at Seder Table, Patterson, New Jersey E. 34th St. our house

1953, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man from the waist up sitting at a table. He is facing the camera with his hands clasped on the table in front of him. He has short dark hair and is wearing large, rounded, dark-rimmed glasses. His face is neutral. The man is dressed in a suit with a dark jacket, a light-colored shirt, and a dark tie. A pen is visible in his jacket pocket. The background features a light-colored curtain with soft fabric folds, and the wall has simple detailing around it. A framed picture is hanging on the right side of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21 × 20.2 cm (8 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.51

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: Eugene Brooks at Seder Table Patterson New Jersey E 34th St. / our house, 1953 Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right stamped in black ink with graphite notations: PHOTO INFORMATION / YEAR 1953 / LOCATION / IMAGE # 226 / SLEEVE # 29 / PRINTED / NOTE; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-233; bottom right: GDC-541

Wikidata ID

Q64073558

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