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Photo shoot for
Willard and his Bowling Trophies
at Brautigan's apartment on Geary in San Francisco, September, 1975. Richard has his hands folded into a finger steeple familiar to all his friends. Unhappy with how he looked in these pictures, Brautigan used an earlier portrait by Jill Krementz on the back of the
Willard
dust jacket. Photograph Â© Erik Weber.

Michael McClure (seated on chopper) and Richard Brautigan, standing on Haight Street across from Benedetti's Liquors, 1968. Photograph Â© Rhyder McClure.

Richard Brautigan at Muir Beach, Marin County, California, February, 1969. Photograph Â© Dr. John Doss.

Richard Brautigan seated on the rim of his bathtub at The Museum in 1969 wearing the “number 13” medallion he favored at the time. Photograph courtesy Michael Ochs Archives.

Helen Brann's office at the Sterling Lord Agency, 660 Madison Avenue, New York City, April, 1970. Seated in the foreground, flush with his new success, Richard Brautigan looks like the proverbial cat that swallowed the golden canary. In the background, Brann wheels and deals on the phone. Photograph Â© Erik Weber.

The Museum. Richard Brautigan's funky apartment at 2546 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco,occupied the entire first floor of this decrepit building. Richard lived here for nearly a decade, from 1966 to 1975. Photograph Â© Erik Weber.

Marcia Clay, age 17, (1970). Marcia and Richard used this photograph on an invitation to their mutual January 31, 1980 party at Brautigan's 2110 Green Street apartment. Photographer unknown.

Snack time at McGuanes' kitchen, Deep Creek, Montana, August, 1972. L to R: Jim Harrison, Becky McGuane and Richard Brautigan. Photo Â© Erik Weber.

On the terrace at Enrico's Sidewalk CafÃ©, March, 1981. L. To R.: Curt Gentry, Don Carpenter, Richard Brautigan and Enrico Banducci. When word went out that
People
magazine was organizing a party at Enrico's to celebrate Brautigan, only Don and Curt showed up. Photograph Â© Roger Ressmeyer.

Richard Brautigan at “The Great Buddha of Kamakura,” a 45-foot-high bronze sculpture dating from 1252 AD. KÃ´toku-in Temple, Kamakura, Japan, Spring, 1977. Photographer unknown.