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Gary Snyder Poet, scissors to beard 1965. by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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Gary Snyder Poet, scissors to beard 1965.

Gary Snyder Poet, scissors to beard 1965.

Gary Snyder Poet, scissors to beard 1965.

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1965

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 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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