Ken Kesey—Merry Pranksters’ day-glo painted “Further” cross-country bus Neal Cassady’d driven S.F. to Manhattan, L.S.D. cool-aid pitcher in icebox for local hitchhikers and Police, here stopped for gas lunch upstate on trip to Timothy Leary’s Millbrook n.y. psychedelic research commune just before election time, “A Vote For Barry Is A Vote for Fun” logo painted large across bustop side, Goldwater the libertarian Republican would-be Presidential candidate Hawk during Vietnam War, summer 1964.

1964, printed 1995

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This is a grayscale photograph of a bus painted in swirling designs parked in front of a Sunoco gas station. The bus has the slogan "A VOTE FOR BARRY IS A VOTE FOR FUN!" painted on top. In the background, there is a Sunoco gas station with flags and signage on the left advertising "SALE TIRES" and "Discount Prices." To the left and right of the bus are trees, a lamp post, and a partially visible car. The bus is shaped similarly to a school bus, with the front facing the left. Below the photograph are several lines of handwritten text.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 44.2 cm (9 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.3 × 50.5 cm (15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.90

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: Ken Kesey—Merry Pranksters' day-glo painted “Further” cross-country bus Neal Cassady’d driven S.F. to Man- / hattan, L.S.D. cool-aid pitcher in icebox for local hitchhikers and Police, here stopped for gas lunch upstate on / trip to Timothy Leary’s Millbrook n.y. psychedelic research commune just before election time, “A Vote For / Barry Is A Vote for Fun” logo painted large across bustop side, Goldwater the libertarian Republican would be Pres- / idential candidate Hawk during Vietnam War, summer 1964. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Signed 4/27/95 / A.G; center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-75; bottom right: GDC-998

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