Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?
1950s, printed later
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.57 × 18.42 cm (7 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.24 × 20.32 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gary S. Davis
Accession Number
2010.137.3
Art Historical Context
In this intimate gelatin silver print, titled *Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street, late 1950's?*, poet Allen Ginsberg captures a tender portrait of his father, Louisberg, another noted poet, in their family home in Paterson, New Jersey. Taken in the late 1950s but printed later, the photograph offers a rare personal glimpse into the domestic life of one of America's most iconic literary families during the post-World War II era. The modest dimensions—image measuring just 18.57 × 18.42 cm—enhance its snapshot quality, evoking the candid, unposed moments of mid-century amateur phot...
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...