John Hammond ill, his apartment on Sutton Place December 4, 1986

1986, printed 1990

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image displays an elderly person lying down with their upper body propped up against a pillow. The person is on their side with a hand under their chin. They have short, neatly combed hair and distinct facial lines. The person is wearing a plaid robe and a watch on their wrist. The background shows books on shelves, suggesting a personal space filled with reading materials.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.5 × 32.3 cm (8 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.145.25

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: John Hammond ill, his apartment on Sutton Place December 4, 1986; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 12/4-5/86 Leica / Neg # 8 first.[underlined] / Signed AG 5/22/90; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-340; bottom right in graphite: GDC-610

Wikidata ID

Q64073673

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