Orange County Speedway, New York, from the series "The Pits"

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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Orange County Speedway, New York, from the series "The Pits"
© 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)
Date1987, printed 2010
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 12 5/8 in. (21.4 × 32.1 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2014.8.12
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 Stamps: "BLEAK BEAUTY [star]" in circle with "Printer", "Picture Date 87 [in pencil]" and "Print Date 10 [in pencil]" verso lower right corner, in red ink.
Signature Signed "DL" verso, lower right, in pencil.
Inscribed "DLMM-18" verso lower left corner, in graphite, unknown hand.
Photograph by John Bentham.
Winner, Demo Derby, Wall Stadium, New York, from the series "The Pits"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1987, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.11.14
Ralph Allen taking an affidavit from Carolyn Daniels in Terrell County, Georgia
Ralph Allen taking an affidavit from Carolyn Daniels in Terrell County, Georgia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.78
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
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
Return from the fields, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.46
The Brooklyn Bridge site seen from the roof of Beekman Hospital, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
The Brooklyn Bridge site seen from the roof of Beekman Hospital, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.55
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
View south from 100 Gold Street, Lower Manhattan, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
View south from 100 Gold Street, Lower Manhattan, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.81
View from my loft, looking north on William Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
View from my loft, looking north on William Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.59
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled (Road to prison from inside car) from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.20
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968, printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.12.28
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
Photo by Dave Revette.
Entering prison, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.22