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John Hammond ill December 4, 1986 by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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John Hammond ill December 4, 1986

John Hammond ill December 4, 1986

John Hammond ill December 4, 1986

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1986

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 21.3 × 31.7 cm (8 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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