WILLIAM BURROUGHS, QUENTIN CRISP (1983) Photo

Np, 1983. Vintage original 6 1/2 x 9 1/2″ (16.5 x 24 cm.) borderless black-and-white photo, fine.

A holograph note on verso states: “William Burroughs & Quentin Crisp at Tea Party chez Ann Cumming (author of The Love Habit) by Bettine Cirone.” Cirone is a portrait photographer who specialized in images of celebrities. And here we have a photo of two very different queer icons — Burroughs and Crisp.