The Line, Ferguson Unit, Texas

© 1967, Danny Lyon / Magnum

The Line, Ferguson Unit, Texas

Currently not on view

The Line, Ferguson Unit, Texas,

1967–69, printed 1979

Danny Lyon, born 1942, Brooklyn, NY; active New York, NY
x1980-21.11

Information

Title
The Line, Ferguson Unit, Texas
Dates

1967–69, printed 1979

Maker
Danny Lyon
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.2 x 32.8 cm. (8 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 27.7 x 35.4 cm. (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kenneth L. Strauss, Class of 1949, and Mrs. Strauss
Object Number
x1980-21.11
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Texas, Ferguson Unit

Inscription
Numbered in graphite, lower left corner: 11 Signed in graphite, lower right corner: Danny Lyon
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), workers, clouds, trees, men

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