Peter Orlovsky in his mother's house

1964, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man from the waist up. He is standing slightly turned to his right. He has a full beard and medium-length hair that is slightly disheveled. The man is wearing a long-sleeved, loose-fitting sweater over a shirt. In the background, there are kitchen cabinets with glass doors, displaying various plates, bowls, and kitchenware neatly arranged on the shelves. Below the cabinets is a kitchen counter with a sink, and several items like a canister and a dish rack are visible. The setting is a home kitchen, with typical kitchen furnishings and utensils.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.7 × 12.1 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.145.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Peter Orlovsky in his mother's house; on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite perpendicular: 64?; lower right in graphite: 1964 / #69/1592; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-212; bottom right in graphite: GDC-555 AG-230

Wikidata ID

Q64073670

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