Exploring 187th West Street

© 1967, Danny Lyon

Exploring 187th West Street

Currently not on view

Exploring 187th West Street,

1967

Danny Lyon, born 1942, Brooklyn, NY; active New York, NY
2009-150.42

Information

Title
Exploring 187th West Street
Dates

1967

Maker
Danny Lyon
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.1 x 25.2 cm. (9 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) sheet: 43.2 x 35.6 cm. (17 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of M. Robin Krasny, Class of 1973
Object Number
2009-150.42
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
Titled and signed in graphite, verso: Exploring 187th West Street / Danny Lyon
Marks/Labels/Seals
Circle stamped on verso: Printer / u Bleak Beauty / Picture Date 67 / Print Date 07
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), men, rooms, buildings, doorways, deterioration, demolition, women, cities

Exploring 187 West Street

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