Khyentse Dilgo Rinpoche, one of Chögyam Trungpa's root teacher, at Marpa House reception for Naropa Instructors, Spring 1987. Sue Secoff + translator at right hand.

1987

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows three individuals seated in a room. The man on the left is seated in an armchair with patterned fabric, with a cloth draped over his shoulder. The man next to him is seated cross-legged on the floor, dressed in a sleeveless shirt and a shawl. Another person is partially visible to the right. The room has multiple armchairs, a side table, ornate textiles on the walls, and a window with curtains.
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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: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.33

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: Khentse [sic] Dilgo Rimpoche [sic], one of Chögyam Trungpa's root teacher, at Marpa House reception for / Naropa Instructors, Spring 1987. Sue Secoff [?] + translator at right hand.; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-293; bottom right in graphite: GDC-737

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