Dorothy Norman (b. 1903-), Philadelphia, libertarian editor, author intimate of Nehru, Indira Gandhi often stayed in her house on East 70th Manhattan, I met Martin Luther King in this same room, Companion of Alfred Stieglitz who photographed her form so many times her hands, her own photographs of him are seen in several books. I used to visit here, eat cookies & drinks tea, several times a year. Still Alive 1995!, 1987

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 22.1 x 32.7 cm (8 11/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

sheet: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary S. Davis

Accession Number

2011.146.32

Artists / Makers

Allen Ginsberg (artist) American, 1926 - 1997

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Inscription

signed and captioned by artist, across bottom in black ink: Dorothy Norman (b. 1903-), Philadelphia, libertarian editor, author intimate of Nehru, Indira Gandhi /often stayed in her house on East 70th Manhattan, I met Martin Luther King in this same room, Companion / of Alfred Stieglitz who photographed her form so many times her hands, her own photographs of him are seen / in several books. I used to visit here, eat cookies & drinks tea, several times a year. Still Alive 1995! / Allen Ginsberg; on verso, artist's stamp across center in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: X; bottom left: #689/22621; bottom center: GD-AG-256; bottom right: [underlined twice] first / X A [strikethrough] 1/7/87; NY #19 / GDC-832

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.