Patrick Warner, Northampton student, in basement of Ellie Dorfman's house, Cambridge Mass. January 1985, desk lamp reflected in his eyes.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a young man lying on his back on a bed with pillows around him. He has short blond hair, light skin, and is gazing upwards. He is shirtless and the bed is covered with a plaid-patterned fabric. Behind him, there are more pillows and cushions in different patterns, and there is handwritten text underneath the photograph.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.2 × 26.3 cm (10 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.24

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: Patrick Warner, Northhampton [sic] student, in basement of Ellie Dorfman's house, Cambridge / Mass. January 1985, desk lamp reflected in his eyes.; on verso, by artist, center in graphite perpendicular: Not For Sale / Allen Ginsberg; center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: #289/11,752; lower right in graphite inverted: 2/85 / Kb 1 #53C [crossed out]; lower right in graphite: #1B [crossed out] -1985; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-338; bottom right in graphite: GDC-678

Wikidata ID

Q64073825

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