Untitled

1990

Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: Sheet: 29 13/16 × 21 15/16 in. (75.7 × 55.7 cm) Image: 18 × 15 1/2 in. (45.7 × 39.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US

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Allen Ginsberg, Untitled, 1990. Screenprint, sheet: 29 13/16 × 21 15/16 in. (75.7 × 55.7 cm) Image: 18 × 15 1/2 in. (45.7 × 39.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Bunty and Tom Armstrong 93.124.1

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