Watching out my kitchen table window for five years now, first leaves on ailanthus trees, rainy day strong wind—I’d snapped photos nearly every week watching the seasons change—here May 18, 1989 from East 12th Street, Lower East Side Manhattan.

1989, printed 1994

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This is a black-and-white photograph taken from an indoor perspective, looking out through a window. Raindrops are visible on the window glass. Beyond the window, there are trees, buildings, and brick buildings with windows and balconies. The scene also includes folded newspapers, one of which is "The New York Times." The image creates a moody atmosphere with varying grayscale tones. Handwritten text is visible at the bottom of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 27 × 17.7 cm (10 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.69

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: Watching out my kitchen table window for five / years now, first leaves on ailanthus trees, rainy day / strong wind—I’d snapped photos nearly every week watching the / seasons change—here May 18, 1989 from East 12th Street, Lower / East Side Manhattan. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, center in graphite: Caption 10/30/94 / AG; lower right stamped in black ink with notations in blue ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR 5/12/89 / LOCATION New York / IMAGE # 36,840 / SLEEVE # 1156 / PRINTED BY Sid Kaplin (10/94) / NOTE; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-282; bottom right: GDC-700

Wikidata ID

Q64073599

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