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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

Rare Judaica Synagogue Service with Shofar
By Norman Rubington
Located in Surfside, FL
Letters in New York when he died. Rubington was also a Beat Generation writer using the nom de plume
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Beach at Malcesine
By Nell Blaine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
drums and improvising expressive dances, and associating with Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, and Beat
Category

1980s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Watercolor

Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Artist Jasper Johns, Musician John Cage Photo
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

15th Century and Earlier American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Paul Jenkins, Alice Baber AbEx NY
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

Malcolm X, Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Print
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Julia Childs
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

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Julia Child Vintage Silver Gelatin photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
photographer Fred W. McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the
Category

1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo French Actress Photograph Smoking
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off
Category

1970s 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

Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph James Baldwin, African American Writer Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon Meets Press
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
the age of 81. Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s
Category

1990s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Anti-Product (Wild new blood: anti-Baseball Card Product)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Fairfield, CT
beat generation writer and artist William S. Burroughs, in particular his ‘cut-up’ technique of
Category

1980s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Large Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Collage Watercolor Painting Canvas, Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
, MA to architect, artist parents at Harvard, part of the beat and mid-century modern generation. He
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Untitled, from Permanently
By Alfred Leslie
Located in New York, NY
today stands as the quintessential Beat Generation movie, but Leslie has been an active painter
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Screen

Easy Rider: Badass Harley Davidson Motorcycle Lamp
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Lamp Beat Generation Folk art, found-object assemblage circa 1960s
Category

Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps

Gucci Guccissima Signature Large Linea Hobo Bag Black
By Gucci
Located in Montreal, Quebec
non-conformist charms, it seemed to evoke that "on the road" travel celebrated by the beat generation
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hobo Bags

Bruce Conner (1933-2008) for San Francisco Dancers Workshop, 1974
Located in San Francisco, CA
city where he had lived a large part of his life, in 2008. Close to the Beat Generation and its
Category

20th Century American Posters

Robert Lavigne, 1950s San Francisco Beat Painting
By Robert Lavigne
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Robert LaVigne is a painter, illustrator, and theatrical set designer associated with the Beat Generation
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite

There, Here, State II, lithograph
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Santa Monica, CA
movement and the beat generation.[3]
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ed Ruscha "Hot Air Being Blown" 1982, 18/20 Signed and Dated
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Surprise, AZ
as an important representative of the thriving Pop Art movement and a successor of the Beat
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

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Beat Generation For Sale on 1stDibs

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.

How Much is a Beat Generation?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a beat generation in our inventory may begin at $49 and can go as high as $198,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,500.