Karen Minzer & Babe, Dallas. This is the good one. The eyes strong

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1985

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 23.1 × 15.7 cm (9 1/8 × 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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