Boobie Homeless and the pigeon coop, from the series "Let Them Kill Themselves"

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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
Boobie Homeless and the pigeon coop, from the series "Let Them Kill Themselves"
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1992 (printed 2010)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 5/8 × 12 11/16 in. (21.9 × 32.2 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2013.5.43
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Ruth and Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer N [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 92 [in pencil] / Print Date 10 [in pencil]"
Published References Illustrated in Danny Lyon, DANNY LYON: MEMORIES OF MYSELF (London: Phaidon, 2009), 173.
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): "Danny Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): "DLMM - 173"
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Date: 1992 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.44
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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