Trieste Cafe corner Grant & Vallejo-- Neeli Cherkovski & his friend Dr. Jesse Cabrera, Gregory Corso holding son Nile, mother Kaye MacDonough behind them-- Painter daubing Trieste window- interior, morning haunt of poets & North Beach Bohemians to this day March 16, 1985.

1985, printed 1991

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

This is a photograph of a street scene in an urban environment. In the foreground, a person is painting at an easel on the sidewalk. The canvas they are working on reflects the interior of a café across the street. Beside the painter is a stool with a palette. Nearby, there are onlookers on the sidewalk, a motorcycle parked, and a pickup truck in the background. The scene captures various reflections, architectural details, and street furniture, showcasing city life. The image includes the ornate façade of a building on the right. Handwritten text at the bottom labels the location as "Trieste Café Corner, Grant & Vallejo," and dates the scene to March 16, 1985.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.8 × 22 cm (8 9/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.165.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York), 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Trieste Cafe corner Grant & Vallejo-- Neeli Cherkovski & his friend Dr. / Jesse Cabrera, Gregory Corso holding son Nile, mother Kaye MacDonough / behind them-- Painter daubing Trieste window- interior, morning haunt of / poets & North Beach Bohemians to this day March 16, 1985.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 3/17/85 #306/11,954 / BK1#62A[crossed out] / Signed 6/15/91 A.G.; lower right in graphite circled perpendicular: #81; bottom center in graphite: GD-AG-331; bottom right in graphite: GDC-660; bottom right in graphite: AGI96 6 E6

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