Julius Orlovsky in woods, hill behind Karme Chöling Meditation Center, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, September 3 Labor Day mushroom hunting, 1984.

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image features a man standing in a forest. The man is upright, facing the camera with a smile. He has short, neat, light-colored hair and wears a long-sleeved checkered shirt tucked into belted trousers. There are no visible items or jewelry worn by the man. The forest setting includes tree trunks and fallen branches scattered on the ground, creating a natural and rustic atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.6 × 20 cm (11 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 28 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.63

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: Julius Orlovsky in woods, hill behind Karme Chöling Meditation Center, / St. Johnsbury, Vermont, September 3 Labor Day mushroom hunting, / 1984. September [crossed out]. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: #55VE / 64; upper right circled: #55; center: page 67; lower left: T66; lower right: 9363 / #217/9366 [9366 crossed out] / First / Sept 84 / B.K. 1 #29 A env 7 [underlined] / neg 8; bottom left circled: 62; bottom center: GD-AG-360; bottom right: GDC-633 47

Wikidata ID

Q64073584

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