Segregated drinking fountains in the county courthouse in Albany, Georgia

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2014.437
People: Danny Lyon, American (Brooklyn, New York born 1942)
Title: Segregated drinking fountains in the county courthouse in Albany, Georgia
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1962, printed 2010
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/339868

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

32.9 x 22.1 cm (12 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
sheet: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, b.r., in graphite: Danny Lyon
stamp: Verso, b.r., in graphite and red ink: Printer [over] K [over] BLEAK BEAUTY [over] Picture Date 62 * 2010 Print Date
inscription: Verso, t.r. edge, in graphite: DLC 07

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year: 2014
Object Number: 2014.437
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s America, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, 09/13/2018 - 12/30/2018

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