Come visit Tim's house, a trip to Dr. Leary's archived website

Dr. Leary embraced internet technology early on and saw the potential to build interactive online environments. He turned his home into a website where he welcomed visitors from all over the world with the simple greeting, "Hello I'm Timothy Leary, welcome."

A mostly functional version of leary.com from 1997 exists on the Wayback Machine. There you can explore the many rooms of Tim's house. In his Living Room you'll find the William S. Burroughs painting currently being auctioned on eBay. The hyperlinked painting directs the visitor to a brief bio of Burroughs which mentions his unique connection to tech history.

"William Seward Burroughs was the grandson of the founder of the Burroughs Adding Machine company, which evolved into the Burroughs Corporation and not too long ago merged with Sperry Univac to form Unisys."

Explore Dr. Leary's house further and you might discover the "Favorite Photos" section with the 1987 picture of Tim and William S. Burroughs featured as the banner for this blog.

The Burroughs’ “Shotgun Art” piece

Leary was visiting the artist in 1987 when he was introduced to the art Burroughs was creating in his studio.

Shortly thereafter Leary received this piece from Burroughs as a token of their friendship. They remained friends until Leary's death in 1996.

The piece was on display in Tim's living room (pictured right) until it traveled with an exhibit by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

For Sale: Burroughs shot gun art piece from Timothy Leary's private collection

The estate of Timothy Leary announces a one-of-a-kind offering of a William Burroughs shot gun painting personally given to him by the artist.

Link to Ebay Auction

It is the visit depicted in the header photo above - taken on Burroughs’ front porch in Kansas in 1987 - where Leary was introduced to the art Burroughs was creating in his studio.

Shortly thereafter, William gave him this piece as a gift, which resided in Tim's living room. (See Photo Below.)

The piece wasn't sold with Tim's other art in the Christie's auction in 1996 because it was on tour as part of a Los Angeles County Museum of Art Burroughs exhibit at the time.