George Condo before large Canvas “Adoration of St. Lucy” nailed to wall of his then studio in townhouse East 64th Street Manhattan, first time I visited him, January 15, 1993.
1993, printed 1995
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.3 × 31.7 cm (8 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.6 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gary Davis
Accession Number
2018.196.27
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of 1990s New York art scene with Allen Ginsberg's *George Condo before large CanvasAdoration of St. Lucy” nailed to wall of then studio in townhouse 64th Street Manhattan, first time I visited him January 15, 1993*. Captured on that exact winter day in 1993 and printed as gelatin silver print in 5, this photograph freezes a pivotal encounter. Ginsberg, the iconic Beat known for *Howl*, turns his lens on contemporary painter George Condo standing before his massive, casually nailed canvas of *Adoration of St. Lucy* in a Manhattan townhouse studio—a raw, behind-the-s...
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...