Danny Lyon
Racer, Schererville, Indiana

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Artist Danny Lyon (American, born 1942)American, born 1942

CultureAmerican

Titles

Racer, Schererville, Indiana

Date1965

Place depictedSchererville, Indiana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 12 in. (20.6 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 15/16 in. (23 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores

Object number76.285

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Target Collection of American Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThis
photograph is from one of Danny Lyon’s best-known works: The Bikeriders, which was immensely popular and influential in the
1960s and 1970s. Working in the style called “New Journalism”—that is, by
immersing himself and becoming a participant in a given subject—Lyon
photographed motorcyclists in the Midwest from 1963 to 1967. He became a member
of the Chicago Outlaw Motorcycle Club, traveled with them, and shared their
lifestyle. This series was described by Lyon as “an attempt to record and
glorify the life of the American bikerider.”
Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top across in pencil "DO NOT MOUNT[underlined twice]"
lower left "Indiana 1965"

verso bottom right in pencil "Danny Lyon 1966"

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