Foyer & arcade at Entrance to Josef Stalin Birthplace Museum, Gori, Georgia Soviet Union-- truck drivers on the road to nearby Vani & Tbilisi still had Stalin-face stickers on their windshields. Outside Lendava marble shelter at the wooden birth-house itself, small rooms low ceilings I remember. Not many people in the museum, first weeks of Glasnost, December 7, 1985.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows an interior space with a vertical composition. The perspective is slightly from the left, leading through an arcade of columns. In the distance, there is a framed portrait of a man. A chandelier hangs beyond the columns, casting light. The style is black and white, highlighting light and shadow. A potted palm is positioned to the right, its fronds creating shadows. The overall tone is monochromatic, emphasizing textures between polished stone and the plant. Handwritten script below gives context to the setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.4 × 20.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
    mount: 51.3 × 40.6 cm (20 3/16 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.42

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: Foyer & arcade at Entrance to Josef Stalin Birthplace Museum, Gori, Georgia / Soviet Union-- truck drivers on the road to nearby Vanni [sic] & Tibilise [sic] still had / Stalin-face stickers on their windshields. Outside Lendeva [sic] marble shelter at / the wooden birth-house itself, small rooms low cielings [sic] I remember. Not many / people in the museum, first weeks of Glasnost, December 7, 1985.; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center of mount in graphite: GD-AG-132; bottom right of mount in graphite: GDC-903

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