Poet Michael & Joanna McClure, Cafe Roma a block up Columbus from City Lights Bookstore, October 11, 1984 San Francisco

1984

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows two individuals sitting at a table in an informal setting that appears to be a café or restaurant. The man has short, light-colored hair, rests his chin on his hand with a slight smile. The woman has short hair, is looking forward with relaxed facial features, wearing a light-colored jacket, a long beaded necklace, earrings, and rings on her fingers. Around them are tables and chairs, with another person seated in the background and a man in a white shirt standing behind them. The interior features tiled ceilings, some artwork or decorations on the walls.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 × 27.5 cm (7 5/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.163.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Poet Michael & Joanna McClure, Cafe Roma a block up Columbus from City / Lights Bookstore, October 11, 1984 San Francisco; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: first.; center in grease pencil circled perpendicular: 96; right center in grease pencil perpendicular: 0011 Nov [crossed out] / 1984 / Bk 1 / #41A [crossed out]; center right in graphite: #231/9786; lower left in graphite perpendicular: 106; lower center in grease pencil perpendicular: G[illegible] 84?; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-378; bottom right in graphite: GDC-710

Wikidata ID

Q64073744

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