2013.122: One of high school student Taylor Washington’s numerous arrests is immortalized as he yells while passing before me. The photograph became the cover of SNCC’s photo book, The Movement, and was reproduced in the former Soviet Union in Pravda, captioned “Police Brutality USA”

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2013.122

People

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

Title

One of high school student Taylor Washington’s numerous arrests is immortalized as he yells while passing before me. The photograph became the cover of SNCC’s photo book, The Movement, and was reproduced in the former Soviet Union in Pravda, captioned “Police Brutality USA”

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1963, printed 2010

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339909

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

46.9 x 31.9 cm (18 7/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 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, b.l., in graphite: DLC 48

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

2013.122

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

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