Portrait of composer Steven Taylor and half myself & C—III Leica in skyscraper lobby mirror, 58th St. & 6th avenue after radio Broadcast, late night November 13, 1986.

1986

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows two individuals standing in front of a mirror, capturing their torsos and heads. The person on the right has shoulder-length wavy hair, round-framed eyeglasses, and is wearing a dark blazer with a medium-toned V-neck sweater underneath. The person on the left is partially visible, holding a camera up to capture the reflection. The surrounding area is a tiled hallway with bright rectangular lights on the ceiling stretching into the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.9 × 20.1 cm (11 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.196.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Portrait of composer Steven Taylor and half myself & C—III Leica / in skyscraper lobby mirror, 58th St. & 6th avenue after radio / Broadcast, late night November 13, 1986.; on verso, by artist, lower right in graphite: 11/13/96 Leica / Neg # 24; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-304; bottom right: GDC-657

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