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ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)
Lot 81

ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)

Young Friend at Ellie Dorfman's Home, 1985

Closed2 October 2019

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USD 3,750

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ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)
Young Friend at Ellie Dorfman's Home, 1985
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated and extensively annotated in ink (margin); signed, titled, dated and annotated in pencil (verso)
image: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (19 x 19 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.2 x 25.2 cm.)

Specialist note

Inscription in the photographer's hand: 'Young Friend at Ellie Dorfman's House, Saturday Night, February 2 1985, 603 Frontier Street, Cambridge, Mass. I asked him to hold still for Hand Held Camera, New Rolfix. This was the first naked model I tried to photograph since taking myself seriously as a photographer.'