Danny Lyon
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal

Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962
Place depictedNashville, Tennessee, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.394
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History
"Art of Tennessee," Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, September 13, 2003–January 18, 2004.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right corner in pencil"#9"
verso bottom center in pencil "Danny Lyon"
verso bottom right corner a stamp with pencil additions "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 1962 Picture Date 1996 Print Date"

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