2009.82.28
This is a black and white photograph of Allen Ginsberg sitting at a table preparing a bowl of cereal. Ginsberg is shirtless and holds a large paper bag of Candy Cane Sugar up above a bowl sitting in front of him on the table. An open box of Grape Nuts Flakes appears at lower right.
Micaëla Gallery printout:"GINSBERG/BREAKFAST IN HIS APARTMENT / San Francisco 1965 / Once when I was visiting Allen in his apartment he asked me if I would like some coffee. Having said 'Yes,' he presented me with a metal bowl with coffee in it. The bowl seemed strange (like a dog dish) and I nursed the coffee to cool it down. Soon he started asking 'Are you finished with that, man?' I would say 'No, not yet' and after awhile I started to feel uncomfortable because the bowl seemed important to him. When I finally said 'Yes,' he grabbed the bowl away -- threw the remaining coffee in the sink and sat down with the bowl for his breakfast cereal. I was using his only bowl."
