Sheriff Jim Clark arrests two demonstrators who displayed placards on the steps of the federal building in Selma

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2012.30
People: Danny Lyon, American (Brooklyn, New York born 1942)
Title: Sheriff Jim Clark arrests two demonstrators who displayed placards on the steps of the federal building in Selma
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1963, printed 2010
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/339883

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

22.2 x 32.7 cm (8 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 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 63 * 10 Print Date
inscription: Verso, t.r. edge, in graphite: DLC 22

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Anonymous donor, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year: 2012
Object Number: 2012.30
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2017 - 09/27/2017

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