Anne Waldman poet orator, co-Director Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Naropa Institute Boulder Colorado, first accredited Buddhist Contemplative College in the Western world experiencing "Make-up on Empty Space" for premiere of "uh. 'oh. 'plutonium" video, public Theater N.Y. September 14, 1984.
1984
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: 22.4 × 29.2 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.) -
Accession
2013.145.43
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: Anne Waldman poet orator, co-Director Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics / Naropa Institute Boulder Colorado, first accredited Buddhist Contemplative College in the / Western world experiencing "Make-up on Empty Space" for premiere of "oh. [sic] 'oh. 'plutonium" / video, public Theater N.Y. September 14, 1984.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #39 VE; top right in graphite circled: #53; upper right in graphite circled: 145; center in graphite underlined and perpendicular: 12 Tries; center in graphite: page 49; lower left in graphite perpendicular: 67; lower right in graphite: 1984 Sleeve 220 / Image 9440; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-359; bottom right in graphite: GDC-812 55