Anne Waldman poet orator, co-Director Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Naropa Institute Boulder Colorado, first accredited Buddhist Contemplative College in the Western world experiencing "Make-up on Empty Space" for premiere of "uh. 'oh. 'plutonium" video, public Theater N.Y. September 14, 1984.

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows two individuals from the chest up. The person on the right is seated in profile, facing left with their hands resting on their lap. They have short, neatly combed dark hair styled in a side part. The person is wearing a high-collared garment layered with a patterned fabric draped over their shoulders. The person on the left has short, light-colored hair and is wearing a paisley-patterned robe. They are leaning in towards the other person while applying makeup to their face with both hands. The background is plain and out of focus.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.4 × 29.2 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.145.43

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: Anne Waldman poet orator, co-Director Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics / Naropa Institute Boulder Colorado, first accredited Buddhist Contemplative College in the / Western world experiencing "Make-up on Empty Space" for premiere of "oh. [sic] 'oh. 'plutonium" / video, public Theater N.Y. September 14, 1984.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #39 VE; top right in graphite circled: #53; upper right in graphite circled: 145; center in graphite underlined and perpendicular: 12 Tries; center in graphite: page 49; lower left in graphite perpendicular: 67; lower right in graphite: 1984 Sleeve 220 / Image 9440; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-359; bottom right in graphite: GDC-812 55

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