A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer

© 1967, Danny Lyon / Magnum Photo

A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer

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A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer,

1967

Danny Lyon, born 1942, Brooklyn, NY; active New York, NY
2009-150.63
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Title
A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer
Dates

1967

Maker
Danny Lyon
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 30.8 x 22.8 cm. (12 1/8 x 9 in.) sheet: 43.2 x 35.6 cm. (17 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of M. Robin Krasny, Class of 1973
Object Number
2009-150.63
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York

Inscription
Titled and signed in graphite, verso: A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer / Danny Lyon
Marks/Labels/Seals
Circle stamped on verso: Printer / u Bleak Beauty / Picture Date 67 / Print Date 07
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
men, figures (representations), arches, facades, buildings, demolition, cities

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