Odalisque, my bedroom on East 12th Street March 22, 1985, New York, young boy friend naked took this picture after I'd taken his in similar repose.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The man is lying on a bed with his entire body visible. He is reclining on his left side, propped up by his left arm, with his right leg bent and his right hand resting on his thigh. The man has a bald head with a fringe of dark hair around the sides, and he sports a full beard and mustache. He is wearing round eyeglasses. The background is a plain wall with some visible cracks, and the bed he is lying on is covered with a light-colored sheet. No additional jewelry or objects are visible in the image.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 32.7 cm (8 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.38

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: Odalesque [sic], my bedroom on East 12th Street March 22, 1985, New York, young boy friend naked took / this picture after I'd taken his in similar repose.; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 3/22/85 / Bk5 #2env1 / Neg #5A; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-330; bottom right in graphite: GDC-831

You may be interested in

Loading Results