Crossing the Ohio River, Louisville

1966, printed 1990

Danny Lyon

Associated Names
Danny Lyon

Artist, American, born 1942

Magnum Photos

Publisher

This is a black-and-white photograph of a motorcyclist on a bridge, with large metal beams crossing diagonally through the background. The motorcycle is a cruiser style, characterized by chrome details and whitewall tires. A person is seated on the motorcycle, looking over their shoulder away from us. They wear black clothes and a black jacket that has a skull and crossbones on the back, surrounded by white text. The person has light skin and long dark hair that flies up in the wind due to the lack of a helmet. We see the motorcyclist from the side, as if we are driving on the bridge alongside them. The road and the beams of the bridge are gray, and in the distance another bridge can be seen against a light gray sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.56 × 22.23 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 20 × 25 cm (7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4471

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Danny Lyon, Clintondale, NY; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York), 1994; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Danny Lyon; center right stamped in purple ink inside rectangular border, address crossed out in black ink: Photograph By / Danny Lyon © [indecipherable year] [MAGNUM PHOTOS] / [indecipherable address] [N.Y. 10036]; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left in graphite: 1994.19; bottom right stamped in black ink circled: Printer / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star] / Picture Date Print Date; graphite annotations: DL / 1966 1990

Wikidata ID

Q64145958

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