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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
A street in Albany
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by David Revette. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1962 (printed 2010)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (22.2 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2014.8.11
Not on view
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Provenance 2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
Markings Stamp: "Printer K [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1962 / Print Date 2010" on verso in red ink.
Published References Danny Lyon, "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement," (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolilna Press, 1992), p. 34.
Signature Signed on verso in pencil.
Photograph by John Bentham.
Danny Lyon at Movement headquarters, Albany, Georgia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.31
Photograph by John Bentham.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted back to jail in Albany
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.32
Photograph by John Bentham.
Segregated Drinking Fountains in the County Courthouse in Albany, Georgia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.11.13
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
A Reade Street entrance to 187 West Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.49
View from a Gold Street rooftop looking east toward the rear of Fulton Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
View from a Gold Street rooftop looking east toward the rear of Fulton Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.58
187 West Street, between Duane and Reade Streets, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
187 West Street, between Duane and Reade Streets, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.48
View south on Cliff Street at its intersection with Beekman, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
View south on Cliff Street at its intersection with Beekman, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.60
West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.61
The northwest corner of Washington and Chambers Streets, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
The northwest corner of Washington and Chambers Streets, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.80
West Street at Beach, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
West Street at Beach, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.62
174 Chambers Street at Bishop's Lane, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
174 Chambers Street at Bishop's Lane, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.74
Steelworker, Beekman Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Steelworker, Beekman Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2014
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.54