Ancient Hemlock, oldest tree across new beaver pond, near our committee on Poetry Commune farm, Cherry Valley, N.Y., August 3, 1987. Upstate New York was covered with Hemlock forests in the time of James Fenimore Cooper -- cut down to supply charcoal for the big city.
1987, printed 1989
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: 29.5 × 19.8 cm (11 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.184.39
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: Ancient Hemlock, oldest tree across new beaver pond, near our / committee on Poetry Commune farm, Cherry Valley, N.Y., August 3, / 1987. Upstate New York was covered with Hemlock forests in the time of / James Fenimore Cooper -- cut down to supply charcoal for the big city.; on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite circled: 29; lower center in graphite: # 863/28065; bottom left in graphite: X; bottom left in graphite: Neg 32; bottom center in graphite: 8/3/89; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-289; bottom right in graphite: GDC-740