Creeley patient with me, July 1984, Naropa Summer Poetics: early supper.

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image depicts a middle-aged man leaning forward on a table, resting his weight on his crossed arms. He has a serious expression, a beard, glasses, short combed back hair, and wears a light-colored button-down shirt with a pen in the pocket. On the table in front of him are a small bowl and a spoon. The background shows a dimly lit room with a brick wall, stacked chairs, and a window with natural light filtering in.
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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 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.145.38

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: Creeley patient with me, July 1984, Naropa Summer Poetics: early supper.; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: T65; upper right in graphite: 63; center in graphite: July 84; center in grease pencil crossed out: Bk 1 # 22A; center in grease pencil: 32A; center in graphite: #207/9,031; bottom left in graphite circled: 159; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-362; bottom right in graphite: GDC-733 AG-10

Wikidata ID

Q64073694

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