Boiler repairmen on East 12th Street near Avenue A, Manhattan December 4, 1986.

1986

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This is a photograph of a street scene with construction materials and a truck. The image captures a truck loaded with debris parked on a city street. The truck is parked next to a curb, and the street is lined with buildings. The foreground shows some loose debris and possibly street maintenance tools. The black and white tones of the photograph emphasize the texture of the material on the truck and the concrete surroundings. The overall composition conveys a sense of urban life and industrial work.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.3 × 32.3 cm (8 3/8 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.196.19

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: Boiler repairmen on East 12th Street near Avenue A, Manhattan December 4, 1986.; on verso, by artist, lower center in graphite: NYC 437 E 12 st. / Coal [illegible] [crossed out] / Boiler Repairmen Lower East Side; by unknown hand, top left in graphite inverted: NG; top center in graphite: p109 50% / 4 1/2 x 6 3/8; center left in graphite perpendicular: ^ top Do Not Crop Words; lower center: Book 7 / #677/22,211; lower right: 11/4/86 / neg #24; bottom center: GD-AG-303; bottom right: GDC-729

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