Patti Smith, poet, 70's cult pop singer, devotee of Rimbaud & Wm. Burroughs, retired 14 years from stage to raise children, her husband passed away. We did Buddhist Jewel Heart Center benefit in 4,000 seat Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor U. of Michigan, she came out of retirement; next day signed new volume Early Work 1970-1979 in bookstore, then we suppered at Gelek Rinpoche's house, February 17, 1995., 1995, printed 1995

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 29.37 × 19.84 cm (11 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

sheet: 35.24 × 27.94 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary S. Davis

Accession Number

2010.137.27

Artists / Makers

Allen Ginsberg (artist) American, 1926 - 1997

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Inscription

signed by artist, along bottom in black ink: Patti Smith, poet, 70's cult pop singer, devotee of Rimbaud & Wm. / Burroughs, retired 14 years from stage to raise children, her husband / passed away. We did Buddhist Jewel Heart Center benefit in 4,000 seat / Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor U. of Michigan, she came out of retirment; / next day signed new volume _Early Work 1970-1979_ in bookstore, then / we suppered at Gelek Rinpoche's house, February 17, 1995. Allen Ginsberg; on verso by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: Neg # 10 / 2/17/95; by artist's hand, upper right in graphite: Signed 4/20/95; rubber stamp in black ink, center: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-122; bottom right in graphite: GDC-902

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary S. Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.