American Beat poet who traveled with Kerouac, Ginsberg and Orlovsky before joining the experimental community around Burroughs at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur.
Photograph
Gregory Corso is seen in profile, head tilted back, mouth open, one hand lifting something dark to his lips. Allen Ginsberg made the exposure under the skylight of the attic at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur in Paris in 1957. He printed it in 1995, signed it on 28 April that year, and wrote a four-line caption in the border that lists the poems Gregory Corso then had in hand. The National Gallery of Art owns it as 2011.146.39.
Photograph
Gregory Corso sits on the floor in the corner of a Paris attic, wrapped in a dark coat, holding a long thin rod across his knees. Allen Ginsberg made the exposure in 1957 at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur, the cheap hotel in the 6th arrondissement where he, Peter Orlovsky, William S. Burroughs and Gregory Corso all lived. He printed it decades afterwards and wrote a caption of about ninety words in ink along the white border beneath the picture. The National Gallery of Art owns the print as 2008.131.10.
Photograph
A face fills the frame diagonally, wedged between a black wedge above and a white one below. Allen Ginsberg made the exposure under the skylight of Gregory Corso's attic at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur in Paris in 1957, and printed it in 1984. He wrote a two-line caption in the border and dated it 1984 in his own hand, the earliest print date on any of his captioned Paris frames at the National Gallery of Art, which owns it as 2010.137.15.
Photograph
Gregory Corso sits on the floor of his Paris attic with a thin rod raised vertically in his left hand, looking up and away from the camera. Allen Ginsberg made the frame at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur in 1957, on the same afternoon and from the same corner as another surviving exposure. He printed it decades later and wrote a seven-line caption in the border that names the hotel's concierge, two American magazine editors and four of Gregory Corso's poems. The National Gallery of Art owns the print as 2012.118.58.
Met · 1958
Corso belonged to the community of residents and collaborators surrounding Burroughs at the Beat Hotel.
Met · 1956
Corso belonged to Kerouac's immediate Beat circle and traveled through Mexico City with Kerouac, Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky in 1956.
Met · 1958
Corso belonged to the community of residents and collaborators surrounding Burroughs at the Beat Hotel.
Met · 1956
Corso belonged to Kerouac's immediate Beat circle and traveled through Mexico City with Kerouac, Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky in 1956.
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Allen Ginsberg names the sitter in his own handwriting on the print, and the National Gallery of Art takes that caption as the object's title.
Depicted in
Allen Ginsberg names the sitter in his own handwriting on the print, and the National Gallery of Art takes that caption as the object's title.
Depicted in
Allen Ginsberg names the sitter in his own handwriting on the print, and the National Gallery of Art takes that caption as the object's title.
Depicted in
Allen Ginsberg names the sitter in his own handwriting on the print, and the National Gallery of Art takes that caption as the object's title.
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