Corpse of a Junkie on the Steps of PS 123, Suydam Street

Danny Lyon, American, born 1942

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1992

Gelatin silver print

Image: 10 1/8 × 10 in. (25.7 × 25.4 cm)

Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Harley and Stephen Osman, Class of 1956, Tuck 1957

2021.55.1

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, on reverse, lower center, in graphite: D Lyon; Stamped, on reverse, lower right, in black ink: [in circle] Printer / K (in graphite) \ BLEAK BEAUTY / 92 (in graphite) (star) 13 (in graphite) / Picture Date Print Date; inscribed, on reverse, lower left, in graphite: DLA-32

Provenance

Collection of Michael Mattis, Scarsdale, New York; sold to Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Stamford, Connecticut, date unknown; given to present collection, 2019.

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