Ira Cohen was a multi-talented artist, poet, photographer, publisher, and filmmaker born on February 3, 1935 in New York. He was known for his mylar images of celebrities and papier-mache masks of poets. He also worked as an editor for the Los Angeles-based Third Rail magazine.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $46 Million (2024)
About
Poet, Photographer, Artist, publisher, and filmmaker known for his mylar images of celebrities and for his papier-mache masks of poets. Also an Editor, he worked for the Los Angeles-based Third Rail magazine.
Before Fame
He briefly attended Cornell University and Columbia University.
Trivia
He wrote The Hashish Cookbook under the pseudonym of "Tangier Rose."
Family Life
He and his wife, Arlene Bond, raised two children.
Associated With
He was a friend of famous beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg.