Basil Bunting Summer 1973, we went from Bede's grave Durham Cathedral to a Northumbrian Churchyard where he preferred to be buried in time.

1973, 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: 27.4 × 18.1 cm (10 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.6 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.163.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Basil Bunting Summer 1973, we went from Bede's / grave Durham Cathedral to a Northumbrian Churchyard / where he preferred to be buried in time.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #53 VE; top right in graphite circled: #44; upper center in graphite: 53; center in graphite: page 65; lower left in graphite: T55; lower right in graphite: 1973 / 1975 [crossed out] Sleeve 97 / Image 3575; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-344; bottom right in graphite: GDC-647

Wikidata ID

Q64073725

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