Gregory Corso embraced by intimate friend, The Bistro, Jane & W. 4th Street, December 21, 1992.

1992

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 15.5 × 23 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.) sheet: 20.3 × 25.1 cm (8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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