Self Portrait in my bathroom mirror holding self portrait in Moscow hotel room mirror taken a couple years earlier. I was dressed up ready for a film interview in my bedroom (thru door behind my left shoulder. January 10, 1987. Who's in the background?
1987
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 22.1 × 32.8 cm (8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.163.28
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: Self Portrait in my bathroom mirror holding self portrait in Moscow hotel room mirror taken a couple / years earlier. I was dressed up ready for a film interview in my bedroom (thru door behind my left / shoulder. January 10, 1987. Who's in the background?; on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Signed 6/19/91 Allen Ginsberg; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: #708/23,146; lower right in graphite: XA / 1/10/87 / Neg #14; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-250; bottom right in graphite: GDC-716