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Friend Robert Merims early 1950s by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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Friend Robert Merims early 1950s

Friend Robert Merims early 1950s

Friend Robert Merims early 1950s

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1953

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 20.6 × 20.1 cm (8 1/8 × 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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