2009.82.12

[Dr. Leary/Human Be-In/Praying]
1966
Art Acquisition Fund
2009.82.12

frame, mat, plex
signed in ink, BR below image
handwritten in ink, BR after signature: "12/20"
Micaëla Gallery, San Francisco, "Larry Keenan," September 6 - 30, 2006.

This is a black and white photograph of a man in a light colored shirt wearing flowers behind his ears and long beaded necklaces. He is photographed in three-quarter profile holding his hands flat with palms touching and gazing slightly upward toward the left side of the composition. The legs of another individual are visible in the background at left.

Label on backing board:"DR. TIMOTHY LEARY, HUMAN BE-IN, / San Francisco 1966 / This is my reverent portrait of Dr. Tim at the Be-In in the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park. An amazing day with over 20,000 in attendance and most of the Counter-Culture icons present."

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