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A black-and-white photograph of Black men on steps, two holding protest signs, and two White police officers approaching them, one with a baton.
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[Men being arrested in voting rights demonstration on federal building steps, Selma, Alabama, October 7, 1963]

Danny Lyon (b. 1942)

Object Details

  • Date

    1963, printed 1969

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.
    Sheet: 8 x 10 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    l.r. signed in graphite: Danny Lyon

    u.l. printed on white label: BLACKS / THE MOVEMENT

    u.r. in ink: The Movement

    c.l. to l.l. stamped in black ink: MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK. / 34364 [in graphite; crossed out] 40454 [in graphite] / LOG REF. 7732 [in graphite; crossed out] / TO BE RETURNED.

    c. in graphite along edge of stamp: 47533

    l.l. in graphite: 4678

    c. in graphite: 62-13-4/4

    c. in graphite: 75300

    c. printed on white label: Consignment / #79654 MGD

    l.c. printed in ink: 1 423

    c.r. stamped in ink: Photograph by / Danny Lyon / Copyright 1969 MAGNUM PHOTOS / 72 West 45th Street, N.Y.C. 10036

    l.r. in graphite: Selma / [illeg.]

    l.r. stamped in ink: Printer / LAB [in graphite] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1963/4 [in graphite] Print Date 1969 [in graphite] [red star in center of stamp]

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1997.28

  • Copyright

    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

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