Downtown Jacksonville's main street December 1953, Allen Ginsberg hitch-hiking to visit W.S. Burroughs' parents in Palm Beach, stopover to visit Bill's friend Marker, thence to Cuba, Yucatan & bus & train up to U.S. West Coast, meet Neal Cassady in San Francisco.

1953, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man standing on a street. He is dressed in a dark jacket and light-colored pants. In the background, there are parked cars, pedestrians, and tall buildings with signs for 'HOTEL,' 'ARCADE THEATRE,' and other businesses.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.4 × 19.4 cm (11 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.36

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: Downtown Jacksonville's main street December 1953, Allen / Ginsberg hitch-hiking to visit W.S. Burroughs' parents in Palm / Beach, stopover to visit Bill's friend Marker, thence to Cuba, Yu- / catan & bus & train up to U.S. West Coast, meet Neal Cassady in San / Francisco.; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: X; lower right in graphite: Bk 5 #15 B / Neg #32 / 1953 B.G.; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-385; bottom right in graphite: GDC-820

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