Neal Cassady driving his oldsmobile down Bayshore Highway, San Francisco to Los Gatos, circa 1954, I sat in the backseat, the car rocked with Rhythm & Blues Radio.; Self-Portrait in Darkroom of Associated Press Office, Rockefeller Center Manhattan, I was a copyboy on the night shift, 1948. A.G.; Street cornerman’s tintype, Alameda Park, Mexico City: Jack Kerouac, myself in sombrero, Peter Orlovsky coat over shoulder, Gregory Corso kneeling with Lafcadio Orlovsky age 16, A.D. 1956. See Kerouac’s Desolation Angels for account of this trip.
1948/1954/1956, printed 1990
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
sheet: 42 × 31.9 cm (16 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)
mat: 49.8 × 39.9 cm (19 5/8 × 15 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.118.87
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, on mat under center top image in black ink: Neal Cassady driving his oldsmobile down Bayshore / Highway, San Francisco to Los Gatos, circa 1954, I sat in / the backseat, the car rocked with Rhythm & Blues Radio. / Allen Ginsberg; under lower left image: Self-Portrait in Darkroom of Associated Press / Office, Rockefeller Center Manhattan, I was a / copyboy on the night shift, 1948. A.G.; under lower right image: Street cornerman’s tintype Alameda / Park, Mexico City: Jack Kerouac, / myself in sombrero, Peter Orlovsky / coat over shoulder, Gregory Corso kneeling / with Lafcadio Orlovksy age 16, A.D. 1956. / See Kerouac’s Desolation Angels [underlined] for account / of this trip. A.G.; lower left circled in black ink: PARIS / A H / 11/6/’90; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: GD-AG-36; lower center of mat stamped in black ink: From the archive of Allen Ginsberg / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / COPYRIGHT 1994 NYC / Fax 212-675-1686; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-36; bottom right: GDC-950