Jerry Heiserman (later Sufi "Hassan"), the car whose? Dan McCloud (later editor of Georgia Strait under-ground paper), Allen Ginsberg, Bobbie Louise Hawkins Creeley, Professor Warren Tallman our host, Robert Creeley above big Charles Olson. Seated below left, Thomas Jackrell (student poet who wrote about Campbell’s Soup Cans), Philip Whalen poet, and postmodern poetics editor Don Allen- in front of Tallman's house- he'd sent me ticket to return round world after year-and-half in India for Vancouver B.C. Canada University Poetry Conference, last days of July 1963.

1963, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a group of eleven individuals positioned closely together in front of a vintage car parked on a street. Some are standing, leaning against the car or one another, while others are seated on the ground or the car. The person standing to the far left is wearing sunglasses and a vest over a t-shirt, with short hair. Next to him, a person in a patterned button-down shirt leans on the car, also wearing glasses. In the center, a man with a beard and glasses wears a light-colored shirt and stands next to a seated woman with medium-length dark hair in a sleeveless top. Surrounding them, several men wear button-down shirts, and one has a beard and a pipe. Scattered around the group are other men in casual attire, one in a suit, and a woman in a sleeveless top. They are seated close together, some resting their arms on the shoulders of others, some with holding objects like a pipe. The background is outdoors, with a view of bushes and trees lining the street.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.3 × 30.4 cm (8 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 32 × 42 cm (12 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.)
    mount: 39.8 × 49.8 cm (15 11/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.184.43

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: Jerry Heiserman (later Sufi "Hassan"), the car whose? Dan McCloud (later editor of Georgia Strait under- / ground paper), Allen Ginsberg, Bobbie Louise Hawkins Creeley, Professor Warren Tallman our host, / Robert Creeley above big Charles Olson. Seated below left, Thomas Jackrell (student poet who wrote / about Campbell Soup Cans), Philip Whalen poet, and postmodern poetics editor Don Allen- in front / of Tallman's house- he'd sent me ticket to return round world after year-and-half in India for / Vancouver B.C. Canada University Poetry Conference, last days of July 1963.; across bottom of mount printed in black ink on applied paper: Jerry Heiserman (plus tard Soufi "Hassan"), à qui la voiture? Dan Mc Cloud (devenu rédacteur en chef du journal underground "Georgia Strait"), Allen Ginsberg, Bobbie / Louise Hawkins Greeley, le Professeur Warren Tallman notre hôte, Robert Creeley au-dessus du grand Charles Olson. Assis en bas à gauche, Thomas Jackrell (étudiant / poète qui écrivit à propos des boîtes de soupe Campbell), Philip Whalen poète, et Don Allen éditeur de poétiques post-modernes- devant la maison de Tallman- il m'avait / envoyé un billet tour du monde, après un an et demi en Inde, pour venir à la conférence de poésie de L'Université de Vancouver B.C. Canada, derniers jours de juillet 1963.; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-53; bottom right in graphite: GDC-912; bottom left of mount in graphite circled: #18; bottom center of mount in graphite: Image #1934; bottom center of mount in graphite: GD-AG-53; bottom right of mount in graphite: GDC-912; bottom right of mount in graphite: 23

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