A friend's house in M'raksh! Paul Bowles rear, Arab fellow and host who shared rent with Paul. 1961

1961, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows three men seated on a patterned mat on the floor, with most of their upper bodies visible. The man on the left is topless and wearing pants, sitting with his legs crossed. He has short hair, wears glasses, and gazes directly at the camera. The middle man also has short hair, wears a long-sleeved shirt, and smiles slightly while looking towards the camera. The third man behind them has short, light hair and an intense gaze at the camera, wearing a zipped-up jacket. They are seated against a plain wall. In front of them on the mat are various objects, including a small teapot, a glass, a pair of sandals, and what appears to be a bag or box. Another person's legs extend into the image from the right edge, suggesting the presence of a fourth individual, mostly obscured by a wall pillar. The environment seems to be an interior space with bare walls and an open door visible on the right.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.6 × 26.2 cm (6 15/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.28


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: A friend's house in M'raksh! Paul Bowles rear, Arab fellow and host who shared rent with Paul. 1961; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: #50/881 / BK5 # 35[crossed out] / 1961; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-395; bottom right in graphite: GDC-695; bottom right in graphite: AG-052


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