William S. Burroughs born 1914
By Richard Avedon (born 1923)
Gelatin silver print, 1975
William S. Burroughs
By Allen Ginsberg (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1953
Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Fahey/Kline Gallery
By Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Gelatin silver print, 1981
Peter S. Brams
Portrait of Burroughs #2
By Ralph Steadman (born 1934)
Etching, 1993
José Férez
Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict
By William S. Burroughs, 1953
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Soond
The Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, 1959
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Gregory Corso born 1930
Gregory Corso in the Beat Hotel
By Allen Ginsberg (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, circa 1961
Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Fahey/Kline Gallery
Gregory Corso as an Electric Fan
By Larry Rivers (born 1923)
Pencil on paper, 1960
Larry Rivers
Gasoline by Gregory Corso, 1958
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Diane DiPrima born 1934
Diane DiPrima at the Gaslight Café,
MacDougal Street
By Fred W. McDarrah (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from June 28, 1959, negative
Fred W. McDarrah
By Raphael Soyer (1899-1987)
Oil on canvas, circa 1954
Diane DiPrima, courtesy Forum Gallery, New York City
Memoirs of a Beatnik by Diane DiPrima, 1969
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Allen Ginsberg born 1926
By William S. Burroughs (born 1914)
Gelatin silver print, 1953
Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Fahey/Kline Gallery
By Naomi Ginsberg (1895-1956)
Oil on cardboard, not dated
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California
Standing Face
By Alex Katz (born 1927)
Oil on aluminum, 1985
Robert Miller Gallery, New York City
By Robert LaVigne (born 1928)
Oil on canvas, 1954
Harold LaVigne
By Fred W. McDarrah (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1994 from March 26, 1966, negative
Fred W. McDarrah
By Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Oil on canvas, 1966
Robert Miller Gallery, New York City
Four film stills from Pull My Daisy, 1994 from 1959 negatives
By John Cohen (born 1932)
John Cohen, courtesy Deborah Bell Photographs, New York City
Book Martifico, Allen Ginsberg's journal, October 1943
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, 1956
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg, 1961
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Jack Kerouac 1922-1969
By Theophilus Brown (born 1919)
Oil and casein on paper, 1961
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift
of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
By John Cohen (born 1932)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1959 negative
John Cohen, courtesy Deborah Bell Photographs, New York City
By Elliott Erwitt (born 1928)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from circa 1950 negative
Magnum Photos, New York City
By Robert Frank (born 1924)
Gelatin silver print, 1965
Robert Frank and PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York City
By Allen Ginsberg (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1953
Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Fahey/Kline Gallery
Weird Self-Portrait at Sea
Pencil on paper, circa 1941
Sampas Family Collection, John Sampas, executor
Jack Kerouac at the Artist's Club, New York City, New Year's Eve
By Fred W. McDarrah (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1958 negative
Fred W. McDarrah
By Larry Rivers (born 1923)
Pencil on paper, 1960
Larry Rivers
Jack Kerouac and His Mother, Gabrielle, Hyannis, Massachusetts
By Ann Charters (born 1936)
Gelatin silver print, 1966
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New
York Public Library, New York City; Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Sketch for the cover of On the Road, in a letter to publisher A. A. Wyn
By Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Pencil and type on paper, circa 1952
Sampas Family Collection, John Sampas, executor
On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 1957
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Robert Duncan 1919-1988
The Enamord Mage: Translation #6
By Jess (Collins) (born 1923)
Oil on canvas on wood, 1965
Hilde and David Burton
By Patricia Jordan (died 1989)
Gelatin silver print, circa 1959
Patricia Jordan Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C.
Star Betelgeuse, Robert Duncan
By R. B. Kitaj (born 1932)
Silkscreen print, 1967
Literary estate of Robert Duncan through the Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State
University of New York, Buffalo
Caesar's Gate Poems by Robert Duncan, 1955
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
William Everson/Brother Antoninus 1912-1994
By Peter LeBlanc (born 1930)
Oil-based linoleum block print, 1974 after 1950s drawing
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
gift of Charles C. Wehrenberg, 1992
By Harry Redl (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from circa 1956 negative
Harry Redl
Lawrence Ferlinghetti born 1919
By James Weeks (born 1922)
A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
Bob Kaufman 1925-1985
Golden Sardine by Bob Kaufman, 1967
Philip Lamantia born 1927
Touch of the Marvelous by Philip Lamantia, 1966
Michael McClure born 1932
By Larry Jordan (born 1934)
By Harry Redl (born 1926)
Passage by Michael McClure, 1956
Kenneth Rexroth 1905-1982
By Jonathan Williams (born 1929)
The Signature of All Things by Kenneth Rexroth, 1950
Gary Snyder born 1930
Riprap by Gary Snyder, 1959
Philip Whalen born 1923
By Harry Redl (born 1926)
Memoirs from an Interglacial Age by Philip Whalen, 1960
Robert Creeley born 1926
By Jonathan Williams (born 1929)
Dan Rice and Robert Creeley at Black Mountain College
All That Is Lovely in Men by Robert Creeley, 1955
Charles Olson 1910-1970
By Jonathan Williams (born 1929)
Diagram of Black Mountain by Charles Olson, circa 1954
Maximus by Charles Olson, 1953
John Wieners born 1934
The Hotel Wentley Poems by John Wieners, 1958
Jonathan Williams born 1929
John Ashbery born 1927
Jimmy and John (James Schuyler and John Ashbery)
By Larry Rivers (born 1923)
Photographic film still from Mounting Tension
The Poems by John Ashbery, 1960
Edwin Denby 1903-1983
Edwin Standing, Purple Series
By Larry Rivers (born 1923)
In Public, In Private by Edwin Denby, 1948
Kenward Elmslie born 1929
Motor Disturbance by Kenward Elmslie, 1971
Barbara Guest born 1920
The Blue Stairs by Barbara Guest, 1968
LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka born 1934
By Fred W. McDarrah (born 1926)
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note by LeRoi Jones, 1961
Kenneth Koch born 1925
By Larry Rivers (born 1923)
When the Sun Tries to Go On by Kenneth Koch, 1969
Frank O'Hara 1926-1966
By Alex Katz (born 1927)
By Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Double Portrait of Frank O'Hara
Second Avenue by Frank O'Hara, 1960
James Schuyler 1923-1991
Salute by James Schuyler, 1960
Jargon No. 1 by Jonathan Williams, 1951
Ark II, Moby I, 1955-1956
Beatitude, No. 8, August 15, 1959
Black Mountain Review, final issue, 1957
Circle, No. 5, 1945
Evergreen Review, second issue, 1957
Black Mountain College Faculty (including Robert Duncan, Charles Olson, and Jonathan
Williams)
Hal Chase, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, Riverside Drive,
New York, 1944
Four Beat Poets (Michael McClure, Philip Lamantia, John Wieners, David Meltzer), 1957
Jazz and Poetry at the Cellar (Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bruce Lippincott, and Kenneth
Rexroth), circa 1957
Last Gathering of the Beat Generation Poets and Artists, outside City Lights Bookstore,
San Francisco, December 5, 1965
Poetry Is Jazz (filmmaker Larry Jordan and poets Michael McClure and Philip Lamantia),
circa 1957
*Photographic enlargements
By Peter LeBlanc (born 1930)
Oil-based linoleum block print, 1974
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
gift of Charles C. Wehrenberg, 1992
Charcoal and wash on paper, 1961
Charles Strong and Mag Dimond, courtesy Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Chester Kessler (1919-1979)
Gelatin silver print, 1954
Robert E. Johnson
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Harry Redl (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1956 negative
Harry Redl
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Wallace Berman (1926-1976)
Photograph and collage, 1961
Michael McClure
Photographic film still, 1957
Michael McClure
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1956 negative
Harry Redl
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By R. B. Kitaj (born 1932)
Silkscreen print, 1969
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Digitized dye-transfer print, 1995 from 1957 negative
Jonathan Williams
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Harry Redl (born 1926)
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1956 negative
Harry Redl
Ron Patterson
Buddha Red-Ears
By Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Colored pencil on paper, 1955
Philip Whalen
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1956 negative
Harry Redl
Ron Patterson
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS
For Love
By R. B. Kitaj (born 1932)
Silkscreen print, 1966
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from 1953 negative
Jonathan Williams
By Jonathan Williams (born 1929)
Gelatin silver print, 1954
Jonathan Williams
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By R. B. Kitaj (born 1932)
Silkscreen print, 1969
Marlborough Graphics, New York City
Gelatin silver print, 1995 from circa 1951 negative
Jonathan Williams
Archives and Special Collections Department, Senator Thomas J. Dodd Research
Center, University Libraries, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Ron Patterson
By Peter LeBlanc (born 1930)
Oil-based linoleum-block print, circa 1973
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
gift of Charles C. Wehrenberg, 1992
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Chester Kessler (1919-1979)
Gelatin silver print, 1954
Robert E. Johnson
THE NEW YORK SCHOOL
By Jane Freilicher (born 1924)
Oil on canvas, circa 1968
John Ashbery
By Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
Oil on canvas, 1957-1958
Mr. and Mrs. D. Michael Kratchman
Pastel and pencil on paper, 1953
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; given anonymously
(John Ashbery, Larry Rivers, Jane Freilicher, and an unidentified woman), 1950
By Rudy Burckhardt (born 1914)
Rudy Burckhardt
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Rudy Burckhardt (born 1914)
Gelatin silver print, circa 1937
Rudy Burckhardt
By Alex Katz (born 1927)
Oil on panel mounted on panel, 1964
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine; on extended loan from the artist
Pencil on paper, 1953
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; given anonymously
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Alex Katz (born 1927)
Aquatint, 1978
Marlborough Graphics, New York City
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Fay Lansner (born 1921)
Pastel on paper, circa 1960
Fay Lansner
Barbara Guest
By Alex Katz (born 1927)
Oil on canvas, 1963
Private collection
Gelatin silver print, modern print from April 5, 1960, negative
Fred W. McDarrah
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Jane Freilicher (born 1924)
Oil on canvas, circa 1970
Kenneth Koch
Pencil on paper, 1953
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; given anonymously
Kenneth Koch
Frank
By Philip Guston (1913-1980)
Ink on onionskin paper, 1955
Bill Berkson
Oil on wood cutout, 1959-1960
Robert Miller Gallery, New York City
Oil on canvas, 1960
Robert Miller Gallery, New York City
By Larry Rivers (born 1923)
Oil on canvas, 1954
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City;
gift of Stuart Preston
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
By Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
Oil on canvas, 1955
Ashby McCulloch Sutherland
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
MAGAZINES
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo
Michael McClure
Steven Watson
Ron Patterson
Steven Watson
Steven Watson
GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS*
By Jerry Van de Wiele
Mary Emma Harris, courtesy Jerry Van de Wiele
By an unidentified photographer
Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Fahey/Kline Gallery
By Larry Jordan (born 1934)
Larry Jordan
By Ed Nyberg (lifedates unknown)
Ed Nyberg Photographs, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C.
By Larry Keenan (born 1943)
Larry Keenan
Larry Jordan