Wedding party, New York Municipal Building Marriage Chambers, waiting room-- second row Simon Pettet poet bridegroom, eternal flower child Rosebud Feliu bride, her son Harley Flanagan of Cro-Mags and his friend Manon Brière, maid of honor with glasses; front row Luc Sante essayist, Maria Saavedra and her fiancé best man Steven Taylor, mid-day, August 1984.

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a group of around ten people sitting in rows of chairs in a waiting room, with their full upper bodies visible. Most of the individuals are seated upright, facing forward towards the camera, and the scene is composed in two rows. The individuals feature a variety of facial expressions, with neutral gazes. Hair styles vary: one man has a receding hairline and glasses, the woman in a striped outfit has short hair, while others have medium-length hair. A woman is wearing a broad-brimmed hat, and another woman has curly hair tied back. They are mostly dressed in casual to semi-formal clothing; one man wears a shirt with suspenders, another a buttoned-up shirt and tie, and the women have summer dresses or blouses. The second row contains several people holding objects, with one holding a glass. The setting appears to be an indoor room with posters hanging on the walls and vertical blinds partly open, allowing soft light to filter in.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.9 × 32.6 cm (8 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.27


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: Wedding party, New York Municipal Building Marriage Chambers, waiting room-- second row Simon Pettet poet bridegroom, / eternal flower child Rosebud Feliu bride, her son Harley Flanagan of Cro-Mags and his friend Manon Brière, maid / of honor with glasses; front row Luc Sante essayist, Maria Saavedra and her fiancé best man Steven Taylor, mid- / day, August 1984.; on verso, by artist, lower right in graphite: Exhibit / Aug 1984; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: X; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-361; bottom right in graphite: GDC-714


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