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A Coney Island of the Mind

Writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti (American, born 1919)

Artist R.B. Kitaj (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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