Bill Burroughs was in love, you can see the pain in his eyes, the longing. Assembling Queer mss. 1953. 206 E 7 St N.Y.C., 1953

1953, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 x 26 cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.131.11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Ellen and Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Bill Burroughs was in love, you can see the pain in his eyes, the longing. Assembling Queer mss. 1953. 206 E 7 St N.Y.C. Working Proof; on verso, by unknown hand, across lower left in graphite: #13/128 BK5#10A [crossed out] 1953; across center left: Early print 1984 Raymond Foye Signed for show Holly Solomon Gallery # 789. ... [illegible initials or signature]; across lower center: GD-AG-141; across lower right, stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION YEAR___ [blank line] LOCATION___[blank line] IMAGE # 129 [number by unknown hand in graphite] SLEEVE # 15 [number by unknown hand in graphite] PRINTED BY___[blank line] NOTE___[blank line]; in lower right corner, by unknown hand in graphite: GDC 844

Wikidata ID

Q64073182

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