Alan Ansen visiting from Greece, William Burroughs leaned forward menacing-visaged, Henry Geldzahler's apt. 9th Street N.Y.C. March 30, 1985. Gathering before Francesco Clemente's vernissage.

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1985

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 19.5 × 18.9 cm (7 11/16 × 7 7/16 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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