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Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Malcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cloud Flute Moment
Located in Surfside, FL
, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

From Here to There
Located in Surfside, FL
active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Phil Whalen, Mike
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

"Untitled" George Condo, Abstract Figurative Contemporary Blue-Chip Artist
By George Condo
Located in New York, NY
the heroes of the Beat Generation, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. Of this time, it was
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Malcolm X Funeral Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph President Bill Clinton Portrait
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off
Category

1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

A Matter of Aesthetics
Located in Surfside, FL
some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Phil
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

A Matter of Aesthetics
Located in Surfside, FL
, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours
Category

1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours
Category

1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Innaugural
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
died four days later at the age of 81. Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat
Category

1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
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
Category

1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Robert Frank
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
Category

1960s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Robert Frank
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
Category

1960s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Herbert Mercedes Matter
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Herbert Mercedes Matter
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Kerouac and Friends: a Beat Generation Album, First Edition
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in valatie, NY
Kerouac and Friends: A Beat Generation Album by Fred W. McDarrah. William Morrow & Company, New
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Vintage 1980s American Books

Materials

Paper

Photograph of Neal Cassady and Timothy Leary by Allen Ginsberg
By Allen Ginsberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beat Generation and their unconventional creative and life style. Edition 6/15. Printed pre-1997 under
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Vintage 1960s American Modern Photography

Materials

Wood, Paper

Mid Century San Francisco China Town Urban Landscape Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
California beat generation artist and actor Victor Wong (Chinese-American, 1927-2001). Signed and dated
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

Beat Artist "Thamyris" lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beat Artist "Musing" Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beat Artist lithograph Dancer Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Phil Whalen, Mike McClure and others
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beat Artist "Desert dancer" Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

William Burroughs, Shotgun Artwork on Paper Framed
By William S. Burroughs
Located in CA, CA
novelist, short story writer, essayist, and painter. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major
Category

Late 20th Century British Books

Beat Artist "Hat at Dusk" Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Modernist C.1950 Sam Kramer Sterling Silver Garnet Cufflinks
By Sam Kramer
Located in Atlanta, GA
often surrealist and appealed to both the beat generation and collectors of early modernism. These
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Vintage 1940s American Modernist Cufflinks

Materials

Garnet, Sterling Silver

Crying Mask with Unicorn, Variant #2
By Michael Bowen
Located in San Francisco, CA
icon of the American Beat Generation and the 1960s counterculture, Bowen is also known for his role in
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Forest Reflections" - Mid Century Abstract Expressionism
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
. San Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was born in Boston, MA in 1931. She holds a BA from
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Forest Reflections" - Mid Century Abstract Expressionism
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
, 36"H x 36"W. San Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was born in Boston, MA in 1931. She
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare William S. Burroughs darkroom photograph (William Burroughs photograph)
By William S. Burroughs
Located in NEW YORK, NY
; tape marks in 2 upper areas. William S. Burroughs: A primary figure of the Beat Generation, Burroughs
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Frontier Looney Bin Detail #2
By William T. Wiley
Located in Phoenix, AZ
movement, a regional movement most predominant in the Bay Area. Funk Art was an extension of the Beat
Bold Rectangular Abstract
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
verso. Unframed. Image size, 30"H x 30"W x 1.5"D. San Francisco Beat Generation
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Drypoint Etching Iowa Landscape 1962 Shane Weare California Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
a Jean Dubuffet sensibility to it. Nursed by the Jazz Age and moved by the beat generation of San
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Shifting Memories
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
mustard-gold color edges. Image size: 30"H x 30"L x 2D. San Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pastel-Toned Abstract
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
; on verso. Image size, 44"H x 38"W. San Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wild Horses #1
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
and freedom she felt from the horses in that movement. San Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nature s Balance
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was born in Boston, MA in 1931. She holds a BA from
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Celebration Abstract
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
. Unframed with black gallery wrap. Size: 30"H x 30"W x 2"D. San Francisco Beat Generation
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wild Horses #2
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
power and freedom she felt from the horses in that movement. San Francisco Beat Generation painter
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset Glow
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was born in Boston, MA in 1931. She holds a BA from Massachusetts
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thundering Sound
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was born in Boston, MA in 1931. She holds a BA from
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gatsby s Harbor
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
1.5"D. San Francisco Beat Generation painter Marie Sarni was born in Boston, MA in 1931. She
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Ted Joans Jazz Surrealist Poet
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
called Jazz Poetry. He was a participant in the Beat Generation in Greenwich Village. He was a
Category

1950s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Yayoi Kusama Dress John Lennon Yoko Ono
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Abstract Expressionist -- Field of One s Youth by Marie Sarni
By Marie Sarni
Located in Soquel, CA
Hedrick. She was a member and moved in the circles of the most significant Bay Area beat generation
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stephen Varble Metropolitan Museum Vintage Silver Gelatin photo signed
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
Category

1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph 1959 Beatnik Birthday Party Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Silver Gelatin Print Signed Photograph Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns Guggenheim NYC
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors
Category

1950s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Signed Photograph William Burroughs Aims at Twin Towers from Brooklyn
By Gerard Malanga
Located in Surfside, FL
was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph NASA Astronauts, Rockefeller 1969
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
through New York's "canyons of steel." Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Pop Edited by Mark Francis, with a Survey by Hal Foster Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Style (1956–60) surveys the birth of Pop culture and its images, including the American Beat generation
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20th Century North American Folk Art Books

Materials

Paper

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Bianca Jagger, Halston LIz Taylor
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Capote, Donald Trump and Salvador Dali. Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat
Category

1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate beat generation for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many abstract, modern and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect beat generation among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right beat generation is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, gray, beige and brown. Finding an appealing beat generation — no matter the origin — is easy, but Fred McDarrah, Sherron Francis, Michael Bowen, Richard Caldwell Brewer and Marie Sarni each produced popular versions that are worth a look. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in silver gelatin print, paint and canvas.

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