Corpse of a Junkie on the Steps of PS 123, Suydam Street
Danny Lyon, American, born 1942
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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