Neal Cassady and Al Hinckle playing chess, San Jose 1955 (or Gough Street) (S.F.) -- both brakemen on S.P. Railroad.

1955, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 × 26.7 cm (6 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.184.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Neal Cassady and Al Hinckle playing chess, San Jose 1955 (or Gough Street) (S.F.) -- both brakemen on S.P. Railroad.; on verso, center left printed in black ink on applied label: T4311; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: #34/523 / Bk5 #21 A env 1 [crossed out] / 1955; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-12; bottom right in graphite: GDC-664; bottom right in graphite: AG62

Wikidata ID

Q64073813

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