Miguel Grinberg, Eco Contemporáneo editor, Buenos Aires, Havana Cuba before I got deported January 1965

1965, printed 1990

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows two men, both visible from the waist up. The man on the left has short dark hair and is leaning slightly to his right with his arm around the shoulders of the man on the right. He is smiling slightly and wearing a light short-sleeved shirt. The man on the right has receding hair, a full beard, and is wearing dark-framed glasses. He has a neutral expression and is dressed in a dark jacket over a light shirt. He holds a pair of glasses or sunglasses in his right hand. The background features tall palm trees. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the photograph.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.5 × 22.5 cm (6 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.163.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, below image in black ink: Miguel Grinberg, Eco Contemporaneo editor, Buenos Aires, Havana Cuba before / I got deported January 1965 Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Is this a copy print?; lower right, in black ink: [Signed?] 1/27/90 / Des; bottom center, stamped in black ink: From the / ALLEN GINSBERG TRUST / Trustee, Bob Rosenthal / [line] / This photograph was printed before 4/5/97 / under the supervision of Allen Ginsberg; bottom center, along edge in graphite: GD-AG-202; bottom right, along edge: GDC-513

Wikidata ID

Q64073708

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