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Fred McDarrahVintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC, 1972

$1,200

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and soc...

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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Don King Boxing Promoter, 1991

$1,200

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Don King Boxing Promoter

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and soc...

Category

1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahSigned Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC, 1959

$950

Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

New York Architect Robert Nichols 11/30/1959 Photographer is Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art move...

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1950s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Thomas Hoving John Lindsey Costume Party Photo, 1967

$1,400

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Thomas Hoving John Lindsey Costume Party Photo

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Thomas Hoving and John Lindsay at a benefit party 1/18/1967 Photographer is Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postm...

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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Tipper Gore, Democratic Fundraiser 1992 Photo, 1992

$850

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Tipper Gore, Democratic Fundraiser 1992 Photo

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Tipper Gore at Democratic Fund Raiser 10/1/1992 Photographer is Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art move...

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1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Edward Steichen, MoMA Photo, 1962

$3,000

Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Edward Steichen, MoMA Photo

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Museum of modern art on Feb 10, 1962 Photographer Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its of...

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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred W. McDarrahVintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Guggenheim Museum Architecture Photo Alloway, 1964

$1,800

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Guggenheim Museum Architecture Photo Alloway

By Fred W. McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Lawrence Alloway Museum Director Jan 28 1964 Photographer - Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art moveme...

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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Robert Smithson Land Art Artist, 1966

$1,200

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Robert Smithson Land Art Artist

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and soc...

Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Will PetersenCloud Flute Moment

$600

Cloud Flute Moment

Located in Surfside, FL

Upon completion of his military service in Japan in 1955, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder...

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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Will PetersenFrom Here to There

$600

From Here to There

Located in Surfside, FL

Upon completion of his military service in Japan in 1955, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder...

Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fred McDarrahMalcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print, 1965

$1,500

Malcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitato...

Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahSigned Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan

$1,100

Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitato...

Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahMalcolm X Funeral Vintage silver gelatin gelatin photograph, 1965

$1,500

Malcolm X Funeral Vintage silver gelatin gelatin photograph

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitato...

Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Dapper Lord Snowdon Photo Suit & Tie, c.1960s

$2,000

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Dapper Lord Snowdon Photo Suit & Tie

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Lord Snowdon Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agi...

Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Will PetersenA Matter of Aesthetics

$600

A Matter of Aesthetics

Located in Surfside, FL

Upon completion of his military service in Japan in 1955, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder...

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Carolee Schneemann 1Carolee Schneemann, Infinity Kisses, (for her cat) Unique Signed work, Framed, 1988

$15,000

Carolee Schneemann, Infinity Kisses, (for her cat) Unique Signed work, Framed

By Carolee Schneemann 1

Located in New York, NY

Her works have been associated with a variety of art classifications, including Fluxus, Neo-Dada, performance art, the Beat Generation, and happenings. More about Carolee Schneemann...

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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fred McDarrahVintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Innaugural, 1992

$1,500

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Innaugural

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and soc...

Category

1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Robert Frank, 1967

$1,800

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Robert Frank

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitato...

Category

1960s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahVintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus, 1978

$2,200

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Mercedes and Herbert Matter at Jasper Johns Exhibition nov 21 1978 Whitney Museum photographer Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generatio...

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1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fred McDarrahHerbert & Mercedes Matter, 1978

$1,400

Herbert & Mercedes Matter

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

. --- Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators...

Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

De Hirsch MargulesNorth on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape), 1939

$3,750Sale Price|50% Off

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)

By De Hirsch Margules

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to d...

Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

De Hirsch MargulesChristopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape), 1939

$6,000Sale Price|20% Off

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)

By De Hirsch Margules

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to d...

Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Snow Job: Poems, 1946-1959 (Tuli Kupferberg)

$350

Snow Job: Poems, 1946-1959 (Tuli Kupferberg)

By Allen Ginsberg

Located in New York, NY

Early collection of poems by anarchic satirist Tuli Kupferberg, a key figure in the Beat Generation and counterculture movements. Self-published in a small run in 1959 by Poets Union...

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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

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