Walking down Second Avenue in East 20's I stopped for a meal in Sushi bar, went to the tiny bathroom and saw myself several dozen times multiplied, Aetat 59. September 24, 1985.
1985, printed 1992
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: 21.8 × 32.5 cm (8 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
sheet: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2012.118.57
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: Walking down Second Avenue in East 20’s I stopped for a meal in Sushi bar, went to the tiny bathroom / and saw myself several dozen times multiplied, Aetat 59. September 24, 1985. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, signed by artist, upper right in graphite: [?] Signed 5/14/92; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 9/24/85 / BK t #43E Neg 23 / [?] 3 / # 461/15316; center right inverted and circled in black crayon: 60; lower left: x; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-9 PF46091H; bottom right: GDC-589
Wikidata ID
Q64073570