Jack Kerouac

1964 · Photograph

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New York, United States

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Accession number: 170.1992

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Photographs Gelatin silver print Post-war art 20th century

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Meanwhile, in the life of Allen Ginsberg

The whole life

1962–1963
Wandering through India: Calcutta and Benares
With Peter Orlovsky he travelled extensively across India, living half a year at a time in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Benares (Varanasi). When the authorities were eager to expel him, his political connections, most notably Pupul Jayakar, helped him extend his stay.
1962–1963
Meetings with Tibetan teachers in India
During an early trip to India with Gary Snyder, whose chanting of the Prajnaparamita, in Ginsberg’s words, “blew my mind”, he met the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa at Rumtek Monastery and, in Kalimpong, Dudjom Rinpoche, who taught him not to cling to anything horrible or anything beautiful.
1965
In Moscow: Voznesensky and Akhmadulina
He travelled to the USSR, where in Moscow he met the Sixties poets Andrei Voznesensky and Bella Akhmadulina.
late April 1965
King of May in Prague
In April, after Warsaw, he arrived in Prague, where at a youth street carnival he was elected “King of May” (Král Majáles).
7 May 1965
Arrest in Prague and expulsion from Czechoslovakia
A week after being named King of May, Ginsberg was arrested for alleged drug use and public drunkenness, and the StB confiscated writings it considered lewd and morally dangerous; he was deported from Czechoslovakia on 7 May 1965.
11 June 1965
International Poetry Incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall
The evening, organised by Ginsberg’s friend the filmmaker Barbara Rubin, drew an audience of 7,000 to the Royal Albert Hall; Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti, Adrian Mitchell and others read. Peter Whitehead filmed the event as “Wholly Communion”.

All works

Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?

1950s, printed later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Allen Ginsberg, utility man S.S. John Blair first back from Galveston-Dakar Doldrums trip, I handed my camera to the radio-man on the ship's fantail, smoking what? In New York harbor, circa October 30, 1947.

1947, printed 1990 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Neal Cassady driving his oldsmobile down Bayshore Highway, San Francisco to Los Gatos, circa 1954, I sat in the backseat, the car rocked with Rhythm & Blues Radio.; Self-Portrait in Darkroom of Associated Press Office, Rockefeller Center Manhattan, I was a copyboy on the night shift, 1948. A.G.; Street cornerman’s tintype, Alameda Park, Mexico City: Jack Kerouac, myself in sombrero, Peter Orlovsky coat over shoulder, Gregory Corso kneeling with Lafcadio Orlovsky age 16, A.D. 1956. See Kerouac’s _Desolation Angels_ for account of this trip.

1948/1954/1956, printed 1990 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Carl Solomon in his Prince Street apartment several years after we were locked up together in residence on Sixth Floor ward, New York State Psychiatric Institute. He got shock treatments, introduced me to Jean Genet’s _Miracle of the Rose_ and Antonin Artaud’s _Van Gogh, The Man Suicided by Society_ translations, I stayed eight months, weekends off. Afterwards, working mid-town at his uncle’s Ace Books publications, he gave Kerouac small advance on first _On the Road_ sketches (scroll later rejected), saw Jaime DeAngulo’s classic _Indian Tales_ first hard-back through press, & edited William Burroughs’ _Junkie_ paperback first edition. New York, 1953.

1953, printed 1995 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Rebecca Ginsberg, Buba, wife of Pincus, laundry-man later tobacco store owner, my paternal grandmother (b. Russia near Kaminetz-Podolska May 1869–d. July 1962) visiting her elder son Louis’ house, here 84 years old at table for Seder preparations. She’d attended Adult Education English classes in Newark 14 years earlier, written patriotic essay declaring “God Blast America!” Younger son Uncle Abe & daughters Aunt Rose, Clara & H.S. teacher Hannah were her children. Dining room 428 East 34th Street, Paterson New Jersey April 1953.

1953, printed later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida. Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.

1953, printed later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bedroom standing closet through door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of _Yage Letters_ & _Queer_ mss.

1953, printed later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Donald Cook and his son Michael, an apartment near Columbia University, Francis Mechner in background, young psychology grad students. Later they proposed innovating Basic Systems Computer teaching machines. New York, Fall 1953.

1953, printed 1990 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Neighbors at The Museum of Modern Art

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Ansel Adams

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

Vincent van Gogh

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Pablo Picasso

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

Pablo Picasso

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Pablo Picasso

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Jack Kerouac

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In the catalog

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Meanwhile, in the life of Allen Ginsberg

Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?

Allen Ginsberg, utility man S.S. John Blair first back from Galveston-Dakar Doldrums trip, I handed my camera to the radio-man on the ship's fantail, smoking what? In New York harbor, circa October 30, 1947.

Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida. Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.

William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bedroom standing closet through door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of _Yage Letters_ & _Queer_ mss.

Donald Cook and his son Michael, an apartment near Columbia University, Francis Mechner in background, young psychology grad students. Later they proposed innovating Basic Systems Computer teaching machines. New York, Fall 1953.

Neighbors at The Museum of Modern Art

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Jack Kerouac

Not receiving at present

Particulars

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of Allen Ginsberg

Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?

Allen Ginsberg, utility man S.S. John Blair first back from Galveston-Dakar Doldrums trip, I handed my camera to the radio-man on the ship's fantail, smoking what? In New York harbor, circa October 30, 1947.

Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida. Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.

William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bedroom standing closet through door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of _Yage Letters_ & _Queer_ mss.

Donald Cook and his son Michael, an apartment near Columbia University, Francis Mechner in background, young psychology grad students. Later they proposed innovating Basic Systems Computer teaching machines. New York, Fall 1953.

Neighbors at The Museum of Modern Art

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Jack Kerouac

Not receiving at present

Particulars

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of Allen Ginsberg

More by Allen Ginsberg

Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?

Allen Ginsberg, utility man S.S. John Blair first back from Galveston-Dakar Doldrums trip, I handed my camera to the radio-man on the ship's fantail, smoking what? In New York harbor, circa October 30, 1947.

Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida. Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.

William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bedroom standing closet through door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of _Yage Letters_ & _Queer_ mss.

Donald Cook and his son Michael, an apartment near Columbia University, Francis Mechner in background, young psychology grad students. Later they proposed innovating Basic Systems Computer teaching machines. New York, Fall 1953.

Neighbors at The Museum of Modern Art

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Jack Kerouac

Not receiving at present

Particulars

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of Allen Ginsberg

More by Allen Ginsberg

Louis Ginsberg in our house 416 East 34th Street Paterson, late 1950's?

Allen Ginsberg, utility man S.S. John Blair first back from Galveston-Dakar Doldrums trip, I handed my camera to the radio-man on the ship's fantail, smoking what? In New York harbor, circa October 30, 1947.

Louis Marker, Jacksonville Florida. Bill Burroughs friend from Mexico City. I visited December 1953.

William Burroughs, kitchen table, burlap bag of Yage brought back from Amazonas, 206 E. 7 St. NY. 1953. That's the bedroom standing closet through door behind his shoulder-- we slept there, time of _Yage Letters_ & _Queer_ mss.

Donald Cook and his son Michael, an apartment near Columbia University, Francis Mechner in background, young psychology grad students. Later they proposed innovating Basic Systems Computer teaching machines. New York, Fall 1953.

Neighbors at The Museum of Modern Art

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950