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Dead creature, Xauen, Morocco 1957. by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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Dead creature, Xauen, Morocco 1957.

Dead creature, Xauen, Morocco 1957.

Dead creature, Xauen, Morocco 1957.

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1957

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 17.3 × 25.3 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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