Listeners at Poetry reading, coffee-loading truck shed in hills, Nicaragua, January 23, '86

1986

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a group of young men gathered under a rustic wooden structure. They are dressed in casual work attire, with some seated on a stone ledge in front of a wooden fence and others standing around. They have youthful appearances with varied hairstyles. The setting is outdoors, with a rocky backdrop and worn wooden posts. No conspicuous objects or jewelry are visible among the individuals.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.4 × 24.3 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York), 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Listeners at Poetry reading, coffee-loading truck shed in hills, Nicaragua, January 23, '86; on verso, by artist, center in graphite: Listening & Poetry Reading / Coffee hilltown, Nicaragua; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 65% p107; along lower left edge in graphite: Do Not Crop Words. [arrow] top; lower right in graphite: BK6 / # 532/17,463 / 1/23/86 / Book 7 #45[crossed out] / Neg 0[crossed out]; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-163; bottom right in graphite: GDC-510

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