Dorothy Norman in her house East 70th street Manhattan. We'd met in late 1950's, I'd known of her (b. 1903) as 1930's Civil-libertarian editor/ Publisher of Twice-A-Year journal. Same decade she'd been Alfred Steiglitz' love, he'd photographed her face and hands. New York City, January 3, 1987. Still alive May Day 1995!
1987, printed 1993
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: 24.1 × 23.6 cm (9 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2013.145.33
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2013.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Dorothy Norman in her house East 70th street Manhattan. We'd met in / late 1950's, I'd known of her (b. 1903) as 1930's Civil-libertarian editor/ / Publisher of Twice-A-Year journal. Same decade she'd been Alfred / Steiglitz' love, he'd photographed her face and hands. New York City, / January 3, 1987. Still alive May Day 1995!; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: #705/23082; lower right in graphite: Signed / 5/1/93 AG / Rolliflex / 1/3/87 / Neg 8; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-257; bottom right in graphite: GDC-690