Ken Kesey midnight -- lamp'd at Hotel Excelsior w. 81st St. Manhattan, he'd performed his Bear-myth Cantata at Lincoln Center, brief visit to N.Y., his son recently perished in athlete tour-bus crash Northwest. December 14, 1989.
1989
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: 18.7 × 18.8 cm (7 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 25 × 20.1 cm (9 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.118.48
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: Ken Kesey, midnight – lamp’d at Hotel Excelsior w. 81’st St. Man - / hattan, he’d performed his Bear-Myth Cantata at Lincoln center, / brief visit to N.Y., his son recently perished in athlete tour-bus crash / northwest. December 14, 1989. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in black ink: 12/14/89 / Neg #14; upper center in graphite: # 1253A/not cataloged; lower center: GD-AG-159; lower right: GDC-499
Wikidata ID
Q64073546