Rick McBride's glasses nose beard, Shig Murao & Jack Micheline, Trieste Cafe March 16, 1985, San Francisco, morning leisures.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

Two men are sitting at a round table in a café. The man on the left has a full, dark beard and wears large, round glasses, a tweed jacket, and a dark shirt. His hair is tied back. The man on the right has thick, light-colored hair and is wearing a patterned shirt under a textured blazer with a beaded accessory around his neck. On the table are two small cups of espresso, a sugar dispenser, and a partially visible notebook or menu. Other people are in the background. The wall has a framed sign, and a large window with lettering shows the café's street-side location.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 x 19.3 cm (7 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.146.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary and Ellen Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed and captioned by artist, across bottom in black ink: Rick McBride's glasses nose beard, Shig Murao & Jack Micheline, Trieste Cafe / March 16, 1985, San Francisco, morning leisures. Allen Ginsberg.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #25; top right: 3/16/85; upper center [strikethrough]: Bk 1 #60D / env 11; center left: #301/11, 893; bottom center: GD-AG-178; bottom right: GDC-582

Wikidata ID

Q64073475

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