A.G. & P.O. 5 Turner Terrace, Potrero Hill Housing Project, Peter's kitchen, hot summer day 1956.

1956, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Two shirtless men are shown sitting next to each other from the waist up. The man on the left is sitting upright with his left arm on the back of the chair and his right hand on his lap. He wears glasses and has short, curly hair. The man on the right is leaning slightly to his left, with his arm resting on the man next to him. He has short, combed-back hair and a clean-shaven face. Both men appear relaxed. In the background, there is a refrigerator, shelves with boxes, and household items visible. The lighting is soft, casting gentle shadows in the room.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.5 × 26.6 cm (6 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.74

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: A.G. & P.O. 5 Turner Terrace, Potrero Hill Housing Project, Peter’s kitchen, hot summer day 1956. Allen Ginsberg; by unknown hand, lower right blue ink on white tape: 7; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: #30/419 / 1955; bottom left circled: 33; bottom center: GD-AG-97; bottom right: GDC-727

Wikidata ID

Q64073617

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