bird on extended hand, Brion Gysin

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Brion Gysin, bird on extended hand
Brion Gysin, bird on extended hand
Brion Gysin
bird on extended hand
1954
Brion Gysin
1916–1986
bird on extended hand, 1954
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: paper; ink
Credit line: Loaned by the Estate of William S. Burroughs
Accession number: L1990.025
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Exhibition Label: "Brion Gysin: A Selection of Books and Works on Paper," Feb-2005, Steve Goddard and Joanna Sternberg This drawing of a trusting bird, perhaps a Marsh Owl or Wood Owl, perched on the artist’s hand, was drawn in the year that Gysin opened a restaurant, 1001 Nights, in Tangiers. This restaurant afforded Gysin a venue to enjoy nightly performances of the flute music of the Master Musicians of Jajouka. It was also in this restaurant that Gysin and William S. Burroughs first met.