Odalisque, my bedroom on East 12th Street March 22, 1985, New York, young boy friend naked took this picture after I'd taken his in similar repose.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 32.7 cm (8 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.184.38

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: Odalesque [sic], my bedroom on East 12th Street March 22, 1985, New York, young boy friend naked took / this picture after I'd taken his in similar repose.; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 3/22/85 / Bk5 #2env1 / Neg #5A; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-330; bottom right in graphite: GDC-831

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