Richard Baker Roshi whose teacher was Suzuki Roshi soon after he stepped down as Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center to found Santa Fé, N.M. & Crestone Colorado Zen Meditation Centers, and give transmission to Philip Whalen, Sensei. Here visiting apartment on East 12’th Street after return from East Europe where he’d taught zen sitting groups, we caught up on our samsaric adventures. Baker Roshi had hosted 1965 U.C. Berkeley Poets’ convocation, we’d remained friends, especially thru his kindness to poet Whalen whom he’d invited to S.F. Zen. Center. N.Y. Fall 1984.

1984, printed 1994

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image depicts a man seated at a table, facing the camera with his hands clasped under his chin. He has a bald head, a neatly trimmed beard, and is wearing a long-sleeved sweater. A bracelet is visible on his left wrist. On the table are a pair of glasses and what appears to be a fruit bowl. The surroundings show a kitchen with a sink, countertop, kitchen tools, and a dish rack on the left, and a refrigerator and stove on the right with a pot on the stove and a sign reading "ONE WORLD POETRY" on the refrigerator door. A portrait hangs on the wall in the background, with a towel hanging on a hook. 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: 19.2 × 29 cm (7 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.91

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: Richard Baker Roshi whose teacher was Suzuki Roshi soon after he stepped down as Abbot / of San Francisco Zen Center to found Santa Fé, N.M. & Crestone Colorado Zen Meditation Centers, / and give transmission to Philip Whalen, Sensei. Here visiting apartment on East 12’th Street after re- / turn from East Europe where he’d taught zen sitting groups, we caught up on our samsaric adven- / tures. Baker Roshi had hosted 1965 U.C. Berkeley Poets’ convocation, we’d remained friends, especially / thru his kindness to poet Whalen whom he’d invited to S.F. Zen. Center. N.Y. Fall 1984. 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, lower right stamped in black ink with graphite notations: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR 1984 / LOCATION NEW YORK / IMAGE # 9501 / SLEEVE # 224 / PRINTED BY BRIAN GRAHAM / NOTE; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-354; bottom right: GDC-677

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