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

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

1965

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