The Last Museum

Brion Gysin, artist

1916–1986

The Last Museum, 1986

Where object was made: United States

Credit line: Loaned by the Estate of William S. Burroughs

Accession number: L2000.009

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Brion Gysin: A Selection of Books and Works on Paper," Feb-2005, Steve Goddard and Joanna Sternberg
In The Last Museum, Gysin cast the “Beat Hotel” as a museum in California. “Beat Hotel” was the name given
to the hotel at 9 rue Gît-le-Coeur, Paris, where Gysin and Burroughs took up residence in 1958 and began their
collaborations in earnest.