William S. Burroughs & Jack Karouac, New York
Artist
Allen Ginsberg
(American, 1926 - 1997)
Date1953; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/16 × 16 inches (28.1 × 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 inches (40.32 × 50.32 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 inches (40.32 × 50.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.77
SignedExtensive inscription on sheet recto, bottom, in black marker, signed by Allen Ginsberg;
Signed on sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: “Allen Ginsberg”;
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: “William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac / 1953”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: “7b” [circled];
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “13/126 1953”;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF483104”.
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DescriptionWilliam S. Burroughs talks to Jack Kerouac while they are seated closely on blanket covered couch next to bare bulbed lamp; extensive hand-written inscription just below image.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Allen Ginsberg Estate
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