Wm. S. Burroughs at Fire Escape Window, Bob Merims on couch 1953 New York.

1953, printed later

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.4 × 31.2 cm (8 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.118.73

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: Wm. S. Burroughs at Fire Escape Window, Bob Merims on couch 1953 New York. Allen Ginsberg; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left circled in graphite: 16b; bottom center: GD-AG-076; bottom right: GDC-723 AG-009

Wikidata ID

Q64073614

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