Against the Chalk Cliffs, 1952–1957, oil on canvas, 49 x 36 in.
Door to the Sea, 1997, oil on canvas, 74 x 28 in.
Manhattan Transit, 1959, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in.
Lovely Her, 1996, charcoal and conté crayon on paper, 24 ⅜ x 18 ¼ in.
Oh Pocahontas, Pocahontas!, 1987, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.
Lovers, 2004, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 in.
Untitled, 1983, acrylic, charcoal, and ink wash on paper, 23 ¼ x 14 in.
Untitled, 1997, charcoal on paper, 16 ¼ x 14 in.
This is Not a Man, 1993–1994, oil and acrylic on canvas, 68 x 36 in.
Ezra Pound: I Have Beaten Out My Exile, 2009, oil and acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in.
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Poet, playwright, publisher, and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born Lawrence Monsanto Ferling on March 24, 1919 in Yonkers, New York. His father, an Italian immigrant, had shortened the family name upon arrival in America. When Ferlinghetti discovered the lengthier name as an adult, he took it as his own. He had a tumultuous youth, parts of which were spent in France, an orphanage in Chappaqua…