Early Morning Coffee, Harlem

1974

Chester Higgins Jr.

Associated Names
Chester Higgins

Artist, American, born 1946

The image depicts a man sitting at a diner or café counter. He is leaning slightly forward with his arms resting on the counter. The man has a lined face, sharp features, and is wearing a flat cap. He is dressed in a blazer over a shirt and has a thoughtful expression. On the counter, there is a cup, saucer, and a condiment container. A framed ice cream advertisement is on the wall behind him, and a glass display case is partially visible. Through the large glass window, there is a street scene outside with a person walking past and a phone booth in the distance. The window has reverse-lettered signage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.9 × 23.8 cm (6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.21.4


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Chester Higgins; by unknown hand, top left in black ink: NAT'L BLK FINE ARTS SHOW; top right: 37991417; upper center in black ink on applied label: Harlem Diner; center artist stamp in black ink on applied label; by unknown hand, lower center in black ink on applied label: ACA Galleries; bottom center in graphite: CH1-00396-SP


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