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Michael Emerton Kansas City 5/30/91 by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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Michael Emerton Kansas City 5/30/91

Michael Emerton Kansas City 5/30/91

Michael Emerton Kansas City 5/30/91

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1991

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 14.9 × 11.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 17.8 × 12.6 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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