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[NOTICE EN FRANÇAIS À LA SUITE |FRENCH NOTICE BELOW](McDARRAH) Fred W.Jack Kerouac thinking up lines
New-York, 10 décembre 1959. 1 tirage (270 x 260 mm), postérieur [1999], par le photographe, signé au recto et note signée et certificat au verso, encadrement maison Havard.
"Kack Kerouac creating a poem with Lew Welchand Albert Saijo, at Mc Darrah's New-York apartement, December 10, 1959".
Lew Welsh (David Wain's character in "Big Sur") and Albert Saijo published with Kerouac "Trip-trap", the book of haikus they wrote during the trip from San Francisco to New York, from September to December 1959. The final corrections were made on the spot, and this photograph captures the atmosphere: cigarettes, alcohol, a slightly puffy, tired face.
Fred Mc Darrah recounts, the photographer, tells : "We went to the same bars, we went to the same places, and there were poetry readings everywhere. The main meeting place was the Living Theatre, which put on dance shows and plays. All this took place in New York,… Read More