William S. Burroughs interviewed for Heavy Petting film memoir of youthful erotic initiations, his secretary James Grauerholz leaning forward observing discussion of sex world 1930 – 40s, final movie version cut out Bill’s queer loves. Obie Benz’s Soho loft, New York, December 21, 1986.

1986

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: 35.8 x 24.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50.3 x 39 cm (19 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.131.14

  • Copyright

    Copyright (c) 2010 The Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved.

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

Exhibition History

2010

  • Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University, New York; The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, 2010 - 2013, no. 92.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: William S. Burroughs interviewed for Heavy Petting film memoir of youthful erotic initiations, his secretary James Grauerholz leaning forward observing discussion of sex world 1930-40s, final movie version cut out Bill's queer loves. Obie Benz's Soho loft, New York, December 21, 1986.; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: GD-AG-108; across lower right corner: GDC-868

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