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Peter Orlovsky in his mother's house by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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Peter Orlovsky in his mother's house

Peter Orlovsky in his mother's house

Peter Orlovsky in his mother's house

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1964

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 16.7 × 12.1 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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