Helen Parker's boys Bruce & Tommy, circa 1953, Greenwich Village, she was my friend when I was in N.Y. Psychiatric Institute a few years earlier, now we'd go to Italian restaurants downstairs on MacDougal Street with Ramblin Jack Eliot.
1953, printed later
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: 19.7 × 29.5 cm (7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.163.35
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: Helen Parker's boys Bruce & Tommy, circa 1953, Greenwich Village, she was my friend when I was / in N.Y. Psychiatric Institute a few years earlier, now we'd go to Italian restaurants downstairs on Mac- / Dougal Street with Ramblin Jack Eliot.; on verso, possibly by artist, center in graphite: Book 5 # 16 Neg 15 [crossed out] (Negs Rolled) A.G.; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 1953 / #7/51; lower right stamped in black ink: PHOTO INFORMATION: / YEAR / LOCATION / IMAGE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 81] / SLEEVE # [by unknown hand in graphite: 11] / PRINTED BY / NOTE; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-001; bottom right in graphite: GDC-754; bottom right in graphite: EG[?]
Wikidata ID
Q64073764