Oct 15, 2015 - Sale 2393

Sale 2393 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 3,380
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
GINSBERG, ALLEN (1926-1997)
"Timothy Leary psychological research pioneer and Neal Cassady first meeting at Millbrook N.Y. in Ken Kesey- Merry Prankster's 'Further' bus." Silver print, 14 1/2x9 5/8 inches (36.8x24.4 cm.), with Ginsberg's signature, caption, and negative date, in ink, on recto, and with his signature, print date, and notation, in pencil, on verso. 1964; printed 1992
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From the Ginsberg Trust.

Neal Cassady (1926-1968) was a prominent member of the Beat Generation, and the inspiration for Jack Kerouac's character of Dean Moriarty in his groundbreaking classic, On The Road.

Timothy Leary (1920-1996) was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the use of psychedelic drugs. Leary conducted experiments with Psilocybin mushrooms under the Harvard Psilocybin Project while LSD and psychedelic mushrooms were legal in the United States.