Gregory Corso, my room Hotel Metropole Brussels May 20, 1984

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image depicts an individual standing indoors. The person is facing the camera with a neutral expression and direct eye contact. They have medium-length hair framing their face and are wearing a graphic T-shirt with a black leather jacket. A necklace with a pendant is visible around their neck. The background shows a plain wall with a framed floral artwork hanging on the right, and a bed with a pillow on the left. A wall-mounted lamp is positioned behind them, slightly above the headboard of the bed.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 × 29 cm (7 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.31

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: Gregory Corso, my room Hotel Metropole Brussels May 20, 1984; on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite: May 20, 1984 / Bk1 # 15A[crossed out] neg 20A / env 4; lower right in graphite: # 19118555; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-365; bottom right in graphite: GDC-712 AG 65

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