Item #205752 [Portrait of a Young Bob Kaufman] (photograph). Robert [Bob Kaufman, Chester Kessler . Peter Howard, David Ralston, photographer.

[Portrait of a Young Bob Kaufman] (photograph)

Peter Howard and David Ralston, n.d., ca. 1993. Photograph. Item #205752

11 by 14 inches, borderless photograph. A modern print of a photograph by Chester Kessler of the Beat poet. The image is from the original negative. A copy of this image is in the National Portrait Gallery. Chester Kessler (1919-1979) moved to San Francisco in 1949 where he studied photography with Minor White. In the 1950s he immersed himself in the North Beach Beat scene photographing writers, poets and artists. Fine. Not signed. Printed ca. 1993 from negative by Peter Howard and David Ralston.

Price: $75.00