The Ballad of the Skeletons
Allen Ginsberg
1996
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color screenprint on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 75.72 × 90.33 cm (29 13/16 × 35 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Accession Number
2000.177.22
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...