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Author: Ginsberg, Allen
Title: ''Won'' - original holographic poem
Place: [San Francisco]
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Date: Nov. 1982
Item # : 168807
Sale Number   327
Lot Number   202
Sale Name    
The Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature, plus Modern Literature
Sale Date   03/09/2006
Price realized   $ 287
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Description:
Original autographed 5-line (21 word) poem, signed by Ginsberg (dated Nov. 13, 1982), on Naropa Institute (Boulder, Colorado) letterhead. With short inked note by Ginsberg on the bottom indicating it as a gift for someone’s 50th birthday, initialed by Ginsberg. Measures 10½x8½". * Also, a 9-line autograph note (35 words) signed by Ginsberg, on City Lights memo letterhead, dated Nov. 1982, to the same 50 year old recipient of the original poem, indicating the poem is to be raffled off. Cut in half and tape repaired. Measures 8½x5½".
Condition:
Creases, light soiling, a few stains; generally very good overall.
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