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A Coney Island of the Mind
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A Coney Island of the Mind

Writer (American, born 1919)
Artist (American, active Britain, 1932 - 2007)
Date2005
MediumArtist's book in folio format; text printed by letterpress in Goudy Light and Goudy Heavy typeface; prints scanned from drawings and printed using Epson 4000 inkjet printer
Dimensions16 3/16 × 10 3/16 in. (41.1 × 25.9 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
CultureAmerican/British
Object numberPC2015.13.01
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionHard cover tan book with gray binding; 29 poems. The cover is a portrait by Kitaj of Ferlinghetti with his hair flying erratically; there is an "all-seeing' eye on the right; there is a head and neck of a figure with a large back of the head on the left. On page 7 is a portrait of Ferlinghetti, by Kitaj.

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