City Lights Bookstore, last gathering of poets/artists of the Beat generation

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Object Details

photographer

Keenan, Larry, 1943-

Subject

Brautigan, Richard

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Ginsberg, Allen

LaVigne, Robert

McClure, Michael

Meltzer, David

Orlovsky, Peter

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 photographic print : b&w ; 22 x 18 cm.

Summary

Title derived from handwritten note on verso of photograph.
Photograph shows a group of poets and artists gathered in front of the City Lights facade, some seated, some standing. Group in the front row, (L-R), includes: Robert LaVigne, Shig Murao, Larry Fagin, Leland Meyezove (lying down), Lew Welch, and Peter Orlovsky. The second row (L-R), includes: David Meltzer, Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Daniel Langton, Steve (friend of Ginsberg), Richard Brautigan, Gary Goodrow, and Nemi Frost. The back row (L-R), includes: Stella Levy and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Identifications are taken from the photographer's website.

Citation

Larry Keenan. City Lights Bookstore, last gathering of poets/artists of the Beat generation, 1965. [Photographs of San Francisco artists]/ Larry Keenan, Jr, 1965-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1965

Record number

(DSI-AAA)12196

Type

Photographs

Place

San Francisco, Calif.

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[Photographs of San Francisco artists]/ Larry Keenan, Jr, 1965-1966

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

AAADCD_item_12196