ASHBERY WITH JOAN MITCHELL, CIRCA 1959. PHOTO: WALT SILVER.

JANE FREILICHER’s PORTRAIT OF JOHN ASHBERY, Circa 1968, OIL ON CANVAS, 20 1/4 x 18", PRIVATE COLLECTION. COURTESY TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY, NEW YORK.

JOHN ASHBERY IN NEW YORK, JANUARY 2015. PORTRAIT BY GRANT DELIN.

JANE FREILICHER AND ASHBERY IN MEXICO, 1955. COURTESY TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY, NEW YORK.

JOHN ASHBERY, POET, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 27, 1983. PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD AVEDON. © THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION.

ASHBERY WITH HARRY MATHEWS IN VALENCE, FRANCE, 1968. COURTESY OF THE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION.

ASHBERY IN NEW YORK, CIRCA 1959. PHOTO: WALT SILVER.