The Beat Generation

Conor Fennessy have for sale the original photograph used for the English edition of William S. Burroughs’ Wild Boys. Mounted and framed it’s 42″ x 48″ and costs $7,800. That’s $3.87 per square inch. The details:

“Wild Boys” By Thomi Wroblewski for William S. Burroughs
England
1988
Original artwork for the English edition of William Burroughs “Wild Boys”.

signed lower right

Chromogenic-developement (Ektacolor) laminated.

Exhibited:
Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts, cat. 148, LACMA , July 18 – October 6, 1996
Spencer Art Museum, October 26, 1996 – January 5, 1997

Celebrated graphic artist Thomi Wroblewski (b. 1949) phygocentric mandala interpretation of Burroughs (1914-1997) groundbreaking novel, “The Wild Boys: Book of the Dead”.

[Conor Fennessy]

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