ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997) Selbstporträt mit Robert Frank / Self-portrait with Robert Frank, New York January 1984
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€11,400
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Estimate € 5.000 – 6.000
Vintage silver print 27,8 x 35,2 cm Artist proof Signed, dated and annotated extensively by the photographer in ink in the margin The caption reads: “Robert Frank in his studio first floor in old brick house on Bleeker Street near Bowery making dust-jacket portrait for my Collected Poems 1947–1980, I’d requested him to take his still Camera out of retirement --. “I guess it continues work we did before, so it’s ok.” he said holding up a Polaroid 195 that gives a negative. Peter Orlovksy took my Olympus XA and roamed the back room, this is what he saw, January 1984.”