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ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)
Lot 79

ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)

William S. Burroughs, 1984

Closed2 October 2019

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USD 3,250

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ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)
William S. Burroughs, 1984
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated and extensively annotated in ink (margin); initialed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 6 1/8 x 9 in. (15.4 x 22.6 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.3 cm.)

Specialist note

Inscription in the photographer's hand: 'William S. Borroughs, February 1984, New York in his old Bunker (once a locker room) on the Bowery, examining a book I just bought at the Strand—probably Ensor.'