Louis Cartwright, Signed William Burroughs Photograph
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NYC, 1970s
silver gelatin print
8” x 10”
Photograph of William Burroughs by Louis Cartwright. Rubberstamp to verso [Photo by Louis C. Cartwright] and William Burroughs' signature to recto in pen, bottom-center.
Louis Cartwright was a photographer, known addict, alleged pimp, and "someone not to be trusted,” in the words of his longtime companion, Beat writer Herman Huncke. Huncke was a junkie and hustler in 1940s TIme's Square, where he met and subsequently introduced William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Cartwright was stabbed in 1994; his murder is still unsolved.
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silver gelatin print
8” x 10”
Photograph of William Burroughs by Louis Cartwright. Rubberstamp to verso [Photo by Louis C. Cartwright] and William Burroughs' signature to recto in pen, bottom-center.
Louis Cartwright was a photographer, known addict, alleged pimp, and "someone not to be trusted,” in the words of his longtime companion, Beat writer Herman Huncke. Huncke was a junkie and hustler in 1940s TIme's Square, where he met and subsequently introduced William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Cartwright was stabbed in 1994; his murder is still unsolved.
Tags: beat, poetry, new york city, philip whalen, gary snyder, leroi jones, amiri baraka, saul williams, allen ginsberg, counter culture, ephemera, literature, prose, hippie, book, modernism, photography
Condition
Impressions from handling; scratches; corner bumps; light creasking top-left corner. Catalog Sale encourages bidders to request complete condition reports via email, info@catalog-sale.com. Notes provided here may be incomplete.
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Louis Cartwright, Signed William Burroughs Photograph
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