Miles Forst in Robert Frank's house, New York

1964, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows a man seated with short, curly hair, looking upwards. He is wearing a dark-colored jacket and has his hands raised slightly. The background features an interior corner with a paneled door and items attached to it. Shelves with books or boxes are on the right, and a vertical edge of another object is on the left. The lighting is dim, creating high contrast in the photo.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.7 × 17.5 cm (5 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.8

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: Miles Forst in Robert Frank's house, New York; on verso, by unknown hand, center right in graphite perpendicular: 1960?; bottom center stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR / LOCATION [by unknown hand in graphite: 1964] / IMAGE # / SLEEVE # [by unknown hand in graphite: #68/1505] / PRINTED BY / NOTE; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-210; bottom right in graphite: GDC-526

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