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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.117
People
Danny Lyon, American (Brooklyn, New York born 1942)
Title
“Died for Freedom” poster [A flyer announcing a memorial for the three civil rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and buried in the earth dam of a cattle pond on June 21, 1964. On August 4, the bodies of Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney were uncovered by the FBI. On the same day, President Johnson began the bombing of North Vietnam]
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1964, printed 2010
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339898

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
26.3 x 17.4 cm (10 3/8 x 6 7/8 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 64 * 2010 Print Date
  • inscription: Verso, t.r. edge, in graphite: DLC 37

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2013

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos
Accession Year
2013
Object Number
2013.117
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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