Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida. Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.

1953, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This black-and-white photograph depicts a man seated at a table with his upper body visible. He is facing forward, looking towards the camera. The man has pale skin, short, dark hair, glasses with large, round frames, and a slightly downturned mouth. He is clean-shaven and is dressed in a dark jacket over a white collared shirt. He is holding a cigarette in his left hand. On the table in front of him are a clear glass jar filled with a dark liquid, a clear bottle, and some stacked papers. The room behind him has floral-patterned wallpaper, and a calendar hangs on the wall above his head next to an open doorway towards the left edge of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.3 × 30.7 cm (8 × 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.163.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen / Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida, Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.; on verso, lower right stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR / LOCATION / IMAGE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 268] / SLEEVE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 31] / PRINTED BY / NOTE; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: #24/238 Bk 5 #15B [crossed out] / 1953; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-386; bottom right in graphite: GDC-694

Wikidata ID

Q64073740

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