Untitled

1990

Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 in. (75.9 × 55.9 cm) Image: 21 1/2 × 16 in. (54.6 × 40.6 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 7/8 × 22 in. (75.9 × 55.9 cm) Image: 21 1/2 × 16 in. (54.6 × 40.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Bunty and Tom Armstrong 93.124.2

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