Philip Whalen visiting Lloyd Reynolds, his house Reed College- Lloyd had taught Snyder Welch & Whalen their Italic Calligraphy & Challenged McCarthyism & brought W.C. Williams to read, early 1950's. Here late July 1963, Portland Oregon.

1963, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Two black and white photographs are stacked vertically. Both show two men seated on a couch in a well-furnished living room. Both men are captured from the waist up. The man on the left, in both photos, is seated with one arm resting on the back of the couch. He has short, dark hair and is wearing glasses, a dark jacket, a button-up shirt, and trousers. The man on the right is also wearing glasses and has greying hair. He is seated with his legs crossed and hands rested in his lap, wearing a dark shirt and trousers. A modern lamp and framed pictures adorn the wall behind them. In the bottom photo, bright light from a window illuminates the scene, partially covered by a curtain. Various items like coasters, papers, and a decorative bowl are on a wooden coffee table in front of the couch.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.2 × 19.4 cm (11 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.23

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: Philip Whalen visiting Lloyd Reynolds, his house Reed College- / Lloyd had taught Snyder Welch & Whalen their Italic Calligraphy & / Challenged McCarthyism & brought W.C. Williams to read, early 1950's. / Here late July 1963, Portland Oregon.; on verso, by artist, center in graphite: Philip Whalen / & Lloyd Reynolds / 1963; by unknown hand, top right in graphite circled: #40; upper center in graphite: 48; center in graphite: page 74; lower left in graphite: #66/1415 [crossed out] / 1416 / Bk5 # 44 [crossed out] / neg 15A 16; lower left in graphite circled: 120; lower left in graphite: T50; lower right in graphite:1963; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-351; bottom right in graphite: GDC-675; bottom right in graphite: AGI96 5

Wikidata ID

Q64073822

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