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Outstanding semi-glossy 14 x 11 silver gelatin photo of Ginsberg and friends in Morocco in 1961, lengthily captioned and signed in the lower border in bold ink, "Peter Orlovsky legs crossed mysterious-haired, W. S. Burroughs with camera & hat shading Mediterranean sun, myself white pants earnest, Alan Anson resolute visiting from Venice to help type new Apocalyptic cut-up material overflow from Naked Lunch, Gregory Corso sunglassed & Minox'd, he'd been gambling with Francis Bacon at Casino, Ian Sommerville assisting sound-collage electronic & stroboscope alpha-rhythm & Dream Machine experiments with Bill & Brion Gysin then in town, Paul Bowles squinting in bright mid-day light seated on ground, all assembled outside Bill's french-doored room on garden, my Kodak-Retina in young Michael Portman’s hands, Villa Muniria, 1 Calle Magellanes, Tanger, Maroc, July 1961—Allen Ginsberg." Reverse bears an Allen Ginsberg copyright stamp, dated 1994, and a pencil notation, "Signed by AG 1/96." In very good to fine condition, with a tear to the right border, some creasing (and associated small flecks of emulsion loss) to the bottom of the image, and subtle crazing to the ink.
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