West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site

© 1967, Danny Lyon

West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site

Currently not on view

West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site,

1967

Danny Lyon, born 1942, Brooklyn, NY; active New York, NY
2009-150.12

Information

Title
West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site
Dates

1967

Maker
Danny Lyon
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.5 x 25 cm. (10 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 43.2 x 35.6 cm. (17 x 14 in.) frame: 43.8 × 36.2 cm (17 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of M. Robin Krasny, Class of 1973
Object Number
2009-150.12
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
Titled and signed in graphite, verso: West Street and the West Side Highway, just north of the Trade Center site / 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
buildings, demolition, aerial photography, automobiles, cityscapes, cities, roads

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