Burroughs, Ginsberg, Orlovsky Post Card Photographs Signed

Shown in full length in suit and hat in New York City, Burroughs signed on the lower margin of his photograph, "William Burroughs." His photograph was taken by Gerard Malanga in 1975 as printed on verso. Malanga (b. 1943) is a writer and photographer. The two photographs of Ginsberg, one with poet Peter Orlofsky, were taken by photographer Elsa Dorfman (1937-2020) in 1977 and 1978 and published by The Witkin Gallery in 1979 as noted on verso. Ginsberg signed "Allen" on the lower margin above his printed signature, printed date and Dorfman's printed signature. The image is described on the printed side of the postcard, "Allen Ginsberg in the Master's Residence, Dunster House, Harvard University, December 10, 1978. Photograph by Elsa Dorfman." The photograph of Ginsberg with Orlovsky is signed in full by Ginsberg with the date, "80," and by Orlovsky in full under their printed signatures. The description printed on the mailing side of the postcard indicated the photograph was taken, "On Flagg St. The first snow, December 5, 1977." Burroughs is best known for his novels, "Junkie" (1953) and "Naked Lunch," (1959), and Ginsberg, best known for his poems including "Howl" (1956) and "Kaddish and other poems, 1958-1960" (1961), is generally regarded as the spokesman for the Beat Generation.