Woman in a phone booth, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Woman in a phone booth, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1967; printed 2015
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.82
Not on view
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Exhibition History 2022-2023
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Dialogues Across Disciplines: Building a Teaching Collection at the Wellin Museum of Art," September 17, 2022 - May 20, 2023
Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso (stamp, black ink with pencil): "Printer [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 19 [in pencil]/ Print Date 2015 [in pencil]"
Published References Illustrated in The Destruction of Lower Manhattan: Photographs and text by Danny Lyon (New York: Powerhouse Books, 2005), pl. 34.
Signature Verso
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): "DLM34"
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
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
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.49
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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
Abandoned artist's loft, 48 Ferry Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Abandoned artist's loft, 48 Ferry Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.50
Top floor, Reilly's Market, 193 Washington Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Top floor, Reilly's Market, 193 Washington Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.57
Huey and his crew inside 81 Beekman Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Huey and his crew inside 81 Beekman Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.51
It took over six months to bring down the fourteen stories of 100 Gold, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
It took over six months to bring down the fourteen stories of 100 Gold, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.52
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