My father Louis Ginsberg in his velvet Armchair, last year of his life 1976. See "Don't Grow Old."

1976, 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: 19.1 x 28 cm (7 1/2 x 11 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.146.31

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: My father Louis Ginsberg in his velvet Armchair, last year of his life 1976. See "Don't Grow Old." Allen Ginsberg; by unknown hand, across center in graphite: #10013669 / env 1 / [strikethrough] Bk 6#26A / 1975?; bottom center: GD-AG-42; bottom right: GDC-830

Wikidata ID

Q64073520

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