Jean-Jacques Lebel, French Fluxus/Happenings artist, poet, translator, poetry publisher, political activist, art collector, and art historian, lifelong friend & translator of Allen, Burroughs, Corso, snapped here at his apartment on Bd Raspail, Paris, November 1993.
He was just a student when he met Allen and Gregory in 1957 and soon invited them to a party his parents were hosting for Marcel Duchamp. In short order they made a bad impression on Lebel’s mother, who called them “Clochards” - tramps - after Gregory vomited in the stairwell. When the introduction went down, Allen got on his knees and kissed Duchamp’s knees, Gregory came prepared with a pair of scissors, and cut off Duchamp’s tie! Duchamp’s wife Teeny screamed, but to Duchamp this was pure brilliance!, exclaiming “ Ces’t tres Dada!!” by the end of the party everyone was getting along. They remained lifelong friends…
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