Winner, Demo Derby, Wall Stadium, New York, from the series "The Pits"

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Winner, Demo Derby, Wall Stadium, New York, from the series "The Pits"
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1987, printed 2010
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 5/8 × 12 13/16 in. (21.9 × 32.5 cm) Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2015.11.14
Not on view
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Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
Markings Stamp: "Printer U [?, in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 87 [in pencil] / Print Date 10 [in pencil]" on verso in red ink.
Published References Illustrated: "Memories of Myself: Essays by Danny Lyon," Phaeidon, 2009, pp. 132-33.
Signature Signed "DL" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed "DLMM-132" on verso at lower left corner in pencil.
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Date: 1987, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.12
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Date: 1965 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.23
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Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.46
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.55
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Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.58
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.81
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.59
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.20
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968, printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.12.28
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.49
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.22
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.23