Downtown Jacksonville's main street December 1953, Allen Ginsberg hitch-hiking to visit W.S. Burroughs' parents in Palm Beach, stopover to visit Bill's friend Marker, thence to Cuba, Yucatan & bus & train up to U.S. West Coast, meet Neal Cassady in San Francisco.
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: 29.4 × 19.4 cm (11 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.184.36
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Downtown Jacksonville's main street December 1953, Allen / Ginsberg hitch-hiking to visit W.S. Burroughs' parents in Palm / Beach, stopover to visit Bill's friend Marker, thence to Cuba, Yu- / catan & bus & train up to U.S. West Coast, meet Neal Cassady in San / Francisco.; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: X; lower right in graphite: Bk 5 #15 B / Neg #32 / 1953 B.G.; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-385; bottom right in graphite: GDC-820