[Original Broadside Drawing]: "My Desk at 2:37 AM, November 18, 1981"

Published by Parchment Gallery Graphics, Charleston, West Virginia, 1981

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Original black ink and marker drawing of Allen Ginsberg’s desk. Measuring 8½" x 11". Composed on the recto of a letter from William Plumley, president emeritus of Mountain State Press (see below). Near fine with two small tape remnants at the topedge and two creases from being mail. [With] a copy of the published broadside, measuring 8½" x 10½", that is numbered ("22/50") and Signed by Ginsberg, with accompanying page with publishing details and housed in a black envelope with slip stapled on restating the limitation. Fine. The origin of this broadside is described in the Plumley letter, which is a request for a drawing from Ginsberg for an intended, but never published, book of drawings by American writers, to help raise funds for Mountain State Press. Plumley’s says that he has already received "original pieces" from Tennessee Williams and Gregory Corso, and asks: "Would you help?" Ginsberg does, as he explains in an Autograph Notes Signed at the bottom of the letter: "Dear Mr. Plumley: See other side for Doodle. Send me a copy of book, thanks, Allen Ginsberg." The original drawing includes several elements not included in the published broadside: Ginsberg's Signature, a handwritten title ("Desk at the moment"), and brief note ("2:37 AM Answering Mail November 14, 1981"). Despite the limitation, the broadside is very uncommon with *OCLC* locating only three copies. The art, obviously, is unique. Certainly one of the more quirky pieces of Ginsbergiana.

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Title
[Original Broadside Drawing]: "My Desk at 2:37 AM, November 18, 1981"
Author
GINSBERG, Allen
Publisher
Parchment Gallery Graphics, Charleston, West Virginia
Publication year
1981
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover

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