Family house living room wall, went with Poet Doctor Fernando Silva & 82 year old Modernist Poundian & Dario expert Jose Coronel Urtecho & Crowd of Sandinesta Poets for Annual Ruben Dario Festival visit to Grenada home of one of the poets to listen to sound- Poetry tapes visit Countryside & eat- mementos on wall, family photos, diplomas, votive medals & Christ figurines, local dolls & Virgins, fans & purses mementos of Abuela Grandma-- Grenada, Nicaragua January 26, 1986-- Beltran Morales' home.
1986
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.3 × 33.1 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/16 in.) sheet: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gary Davis
Accession Number
2015.163.39
About the Artist
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), born in Newark, New Jersey, emerged as a multifaceted figure in American culture, best known as a Beat Generation poet but also a prolific visual artist whose photographs, drawings, and prints captured the raw energy of his era. His early life offers little documentation on artistic training, though he attended Columbia University in the 1940s, where he formed connectio...