Kodak-Retina snapshot by William Burroughs, living room 1953 Lower East Side, Jackson Mac Low portrait with recorder by Iris Brodey on wall. We were working on Bills S.A. letters. I had job on N.Y. World Telegram.
1953, printed later
Artist, American, 1926 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17.1 x 23.2 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.) -
Accession
2011.146.17
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2011.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed and captioned by artist, across bottom in black ink: Kodak-Retina snapshot by William Burroughs, living room 1953 Lower East Side, Jackson Mac Low / portrait w/recorder by Iris Brodey on wall. We were working on Bills S.A. letters, I had job on / N.Y. World Telegram Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by artist, bottom right in graphite: dark / #12/125 / [strikethrough] Bk5 #12 / 1953; by unknown hand, bottom center: GD-AG-387; bottom right: GDC-627
Wikidata ID
Q64073489