Beat Culture and the New America, 1950-1965

Beat Culture and the New America, 1950-1965
ISBN-10
2080136135
ISBN-13
9782080136138
Category
Art / General
Pages
279
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Flammarion
Authors
Lisa Phillips, Whitney Museum of American Art

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Published on the occasion of exhibition of same name.

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