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
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: 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.) -
Accession
2011.146.32
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: 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