Watching out my kitchen table window for five years now, first leaves on ailanthus trees, rainy day strong wind—I’d snapped photos nearly every week watching the seasons change—here May 18, 1989 from East 12th Street, Lower East Side Manhattan.
1989, printed 1994
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: 27 × 17.7 cm (10 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.118.69
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: Watching out my kitchen table window for five / years now, first leaves on ailanthus trees, rainy day / strong wind—I’d snapped photos nearly every week watching the / seasons change—here May 18, 1989 from East 12th Street, Lower / East Side Manhattan. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, center stamped in black ink: Photograph By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, center in graphite: Caption 10/30/94 / AG; lower right stamped in black ink with notations in blue ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR 5/12/89 / LOCATION New York / IMAGE # 36,840 / SLEEVE # 1156 / PRINTED BY Sid Kaplin (10/94) / NOTE; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-282; bottom right: GDC-700
Wikidata ID
Q64073599