Beekman Street subbasement, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"

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Beekman Street subbasement, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Beekman Street subbasement, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1967; printed 2015
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 17 15/16 × 12 1/16 in. (45.6 × 30.6 cm) Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.76
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Alternate Titles Beekman Street subbasement. The demolition contract requires that the building be brought down to street level. Basements and tunnels are filled in and left buried beneath vacant lots.
Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, lower right (stamp, black ink): "Printer ["K" written in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star shape] / Picture Date ["'67" written in pencil]/ Print Date ["'15" written in pencil]"
Published References Danny Lyon, THE DESTRUCTION OF LOWER MANHATTAN (New York: The Macmillan Company), 1969, pl. 69

Illustrated in The Destruction of Lower Manhattan: Photographs and text by Danny Lyon (New York: Powerhouse Books, 2005), pl. 67.
Signature Verso, lower right (pencil)
Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "DLM67"
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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