ROBERT FRANK (1924 2019) Portrait of Allen Ginsberg 1984

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Sale 2684 - Lot 196

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019)
Portrait of Allen Ginsberg. 1984.
Silver print, the image measuring 12⅛x9⅝ inches (30.8x24.4 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Frank's signature, date, and notation "Allen Ginsberg's choice: official - suit and tie [-] Good eyes!" in ink on recto, and an additional inscription in Ginsberg's hand about the print and its provenance in pencil, on verso.

Provenance
Robert Frank to Allen Ginsberg on March 14th, 1984
Sold on behalf of The Eugene J Prakapas and Dorothy Prakapas Collection in memory of Thomas C. Mendenhall, to benefit a scholarship fund at Yale University.

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