William S. Burroughs paused a moment before one of half-dozen raw plywood bigger-than-life silhouettes cut out for him to collage, paint, stamp, spraycan and/or shotgun, Prepared by then-assistant neighbor friend Steven Lowe whose house we visited, Lawrence, Kansas March 19, 1992., 1992

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 37.9 × 25.9 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

sheet: 50.3 × 40.5 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary Davis

Accession Number

2012.118.82

Artists / Makers

Allen Ginsberg (artist) American, 1926 - 1997

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Inscription

signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: William S. Burroughs paused a moment before one of half-dozen / raw plywood bigger-than-life silhouettes cut out for him to / collage, paint, stamp, spraycan and/or shotgun, Prepared by / then-assistant neighbor friend Steven Lowe whose house we visit- / ed, Lawrence, Kansas March 19, 1992. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: GD-AG-112; lower right: GDC-876

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.