Jim Carroll backstage, Public theater N.Y. September 1984

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows the upper half of a man's body as he sits at a table. He is facing the camera directly, seated in a chair with his arms resting on the table. The man has medium-length hair that is neatly parted in the middle and falls around his ears, with a straight, fine texture. His facial features are sharp, with a focused expression. He is wearing a light-colored blazer over a dark collared shirt. On the table in front of him is a patterned paper cup and some crumpled papers or napkins. The background contains plain walls, with doors and a portion of another room visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 15.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.163.8

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: Jim Carroll backstage, Public theater N.Y. September 1984. / Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right, along vertical in graphite: J. Carroll / Sept. '84; upper right, along right vertical edge, crossed out with line: Bk 1 #31 / env 7; lower right, along right vertical edge: #219/9423; bottom center along edge: GD-AG-197; bottom right along edge: GDC-552

Wikidata ID

Q64073714

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