2014.442: After giving a concert in a cotton field in Greenwood, Bob Dylan plays behind the SNCC office. Bernice Reagon, one of the original Freedom Singers and today leader of Sweet Honey in the Rock, listens. Mendy Sampstein sits behind Dylan and talks to Willie Blue

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.442

People

Danny Lyon, American (Brooklyn, New York born 1942)

Title

After giving a concert in a cotton field in Greenwood, Bob Dylan plays behind the SNCC office. Bernice Reagon, one of the original Freedom Singers and today leader of Sweet Honey in the Rock, listens. Mendy Sampstein sits behind Dylan and talks to Willie Blue

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1963, printed 2010

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339890

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 63 * 10 Print Date
• inscription: Verso, t.r. edge, in graphite: DLC 29

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift

Copyright

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.442

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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