Dead creature, Xauen, Morocco 1957.

1957, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This is a photograph of a scene in a dirt-filled area with a deceased animal and broken ceramics. The image depicts an overhead view of a dirt surface where a small deceased animal lies, partly atop broken pieces of white ceramic. The animal is positioned in such a way that it curves along the edge of the pottery shards. The surrounding area shows an uneven, rocky terrain that adds a texture contrast against the smoothness of the ceramic pieces and the delicate details of the animal.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.3 × 25.3 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.10

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: Dead creature, Tetuan [sic] or Xauen, Morocco 1957.; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: 50/901; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-224; bottom right in graphite: GDC-535

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