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ALLEN GINSBERG (1926-1997)
Donlon, Cassady, Ginsberg, LaVigne, Ferlinghetti outside City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA. 1956; printed 1991 by Sid Kaplan. Silver print, the image measuring 184x283 mm; 7¼x11⅛ inches, the sheet 279x355 mm; 11x14 inches, with Ginsberg's signature, unique title and lengthy inscription, and negative date (1955) in ink on recto, and the Allen Ginsberg Trust and copyright stamps, and Kaplan's signature and dates in pencil on verso.
The inscription reads as follows: "Bob Donlon (Rob Donnelly, Kerouac's Desolation Angels), Neal Cassady, myself, Painter Robert La Vigne & poet Larry Ferlinghetti in front of City Lights Books shop, Broadway & Columbus Avenue North Beach San Francisco 1955. Donlon worked seasonally Las Vegas waiter, Neal looks good in tee shirt, Howl first printing hadn't arrived from England yet, Peter Orlovsky held camera in the street, we were just hanging around."
