Michael Emerton Kansas City 5/30/91

1991

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image displays a man seated in a restaurant booth. He is facing the camera, with his left arm on the table. The man has short, curly hair, a subtle smile, and he is wearing a button-up shirt with rolled-up sleeves. On the table are a mug, a glass, a fork, and a knife. The background features a wooden partition with framed pictures on the walls and hanging decorations above the man's head.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.9 × 11.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 12.6 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.145.42

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: A. G.; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Michael Emerton Kansas City 5/30/91; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in black crayon: Neg 16 / 1544; by unknown hand (possibly by artist), upper right in graphite: 5/30/91; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-143; bottom right in graphite: GDC- 809

Wikidata ID

Q64073699

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