Mary Help of Christians R.C. Church facade with cornice pigeons out my 4th floor living-room window, I'd lived in this apartment ten years then, still there, cheap rent-controlled 437 East 12th Street New York September 29, 1985.
1985, printed 1995
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: 37.7 × 25.5 cm (14 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
sheet: 50.3 × 40.5 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.118.83
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: Mary Help of Christians R.C. Church facade with cornice pigeons out my / 4th floor living-room window, I’d lived in this apartment ten years then, / still there, cheap rent-controlled 437 East 12th Street New York September 29, 1985. Allen Ginsberg (4/28/95); on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Signed 4/28/95 AG; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: #62 VE; center stamped in black ink: Photography By / Allen Ginsberg / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 465/15400 / 1985; bottom center: GD-AG-56; bottom right: GDC-881
Wikidata ID
Q64073632