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[02-22-2006] Remembering Charlie Dougherty

By: Trevor Little

Feb 22 2006

Category: Brooklyn, DUMBO

11 Comments »



I’m reposting this image as a memorial to Charlie Dougherty, a well known and loved sidewalk artist in Greenwhich Village. Most of his ink drawings of Village scenes had a little cat in them. I wanted to give this photo to him but he passed away before I had the chance. We’ll miss you Charlie!

A slideshow of Charlie.

Charlie Dougherty, Bleecker St. sidewalk artist [Obituary from The Villager]

New York Times article about Charlie

11 Responses to “[02-22-2006] Remembering Charlie Dougherty”

  1. 30 Mar 2005 at 6:50 pm julia

    beautiful as an image or poignant social commentary. i love that you can only see the cats eyes staring at you from across the street:)love it

  2. 1 Apr 2005 at 6:46 pm flygirl

    That cat is just perfectly placed, how much did you have to pay for that???

  3. 26 Feb 2006 at 9:39 pm vicki

    a beautiful memorial.

  4. 15 Dec 2008 at 1:06 pm Roger Leslie

    The star, the love, the cat. An amazing collage. You breath so much life into black and white.

  5. 23 Mar 2009 at 9:03 am Tristan

    Hi Trevor,

    Thank you for your website dedication. Do you know if it is possible to purchase some of Charlie’s drawings or are they gone with him. I really liked him and loved his drawings and talked to him a few times and I smile when i think of him.

  6. 1 Feb 2010 at 1:13 pm Sean Thomas Dougherty

    Dear Trevor,

    my name is Sean Thomas Dougherty and Charlie was my father. He and my mom split up when I was barely a year old. Since then we had no contact with him though for years I looked for him but my mother wouldn’t talk about him to me.

    I didn’t even have a photo from him. All I had was a small procelain painting he made for me when I was born.

    I didn’t even know he was dead until I found your blog yesterday. I had been punching his name into google for years and then I thought to punch in Charlie Dougherty instead of Charles and add artist.

    If you or anyone knew my father or can tell me where he is buried or have any information please write to me,

    with gratitude for your time,

    Sean

    Sean Thomas Dougherty
    Coordinator for Foundations Writing
    Case Western Reserve University
    2009 Fulbright Poet Macedonia

  7. 5 Feb 2010 at 10:37 pm DD

    I have a lot of info about Charlie and I sent you an email at the college – please – check it and I would be happy to tell you all I know – Please reply to me.

    DD

  8. 5 Feb 2010 at 10:38 pm Roger

    Sean – please post your email here thanks

  9. 6 Feb 2010 at 10:52 am Trevor Little

    Hi DD and Roger,

    Please email me at trevor@trevorlittle.com. I took this picture and have been corresponding with Sean and can provide his email address.

    Thanks,
    Trevor

  10. 6 Feb 2010 at 3:49 pm Roger and DD

    Check your email Trevor

  11. 10 Feb 2010 at 6:26 pm Deirdre and roger

    Sean we sent ou an eamil about Charlie did u get it. Please respond.

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