Artist Monograph

Danny Lyon, American

American, born 1942

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	40	93%

Range: 24.9 cm → 35.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	11
1971	1
1992	31
1997	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 44 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Truck in the Desert Near Yuma, Arizona Photograph Acc. 412.1992.1	1962	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 12 15/16" (22.3 × 32.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Route 12, Wisconsin Photograph Acc. 412.1992.4	1963	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 12 15/16" (22.3 × 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Washington Photograph Acc. 398.1997	August 28, 1963	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 8 3/16" (29.8 × 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Anne Ehrenkranz
Saint Charles Street Trolley, Louisiana Photograph Acc. 185.1969	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/2" (22.8 × 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Andy, Meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois Photograph Acc. 412.1992.8	1965-66	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 3/4" (33 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Indiana Speedway Photograph Acc. 186.1969	1965	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/2" (22.8 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Jack, Chicago Photograph Acc. 412.1992.7	1965-66	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 11/16" (32.9 × 22 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Racer, Schererville, Indiana Photograph Acc. 412.1992.6	1965-66	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 12 15/16" (22.2 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Sparky and Cowboy, Schererville, Indiana Photograph Acc. 412.1992.9	1965-66	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 13" (22.3 × 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Uptown, Chicago Photograph Acc. 187.1969	1965	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/2" (22.8 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Uptown, Chicago Photograph Acc. 188.1969	1965	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/4" (22.8 × 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Uptown, Chicago Photograph Acc. 412.1992.2	1965	Gelatin silver print	9 13/16 × 9 3/4" (24.9 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Uptown, Chicago Photograph Acc. 412.1992.3	1965	Gelatin silver print	9 13/16 × 9 3/4" (22.2 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Crossing the Ohio, Louisville Photograph Acc. 412.1992.10	1966	Gelatin silver print, printed 1979	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Scrambles Track, McHenry, Illinois Photograph Acc. 412.1992.5	1966	Gelatin silver print	10 × 10" (25.4 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Clearing Land, Ellis Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.13	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Cotton Pickers Fegruson Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.12	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Dominoes, Walls Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.18	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
From the Picket Tower, Ferguson Unit Photograph Acc. 412.1992.15	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Heat Exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.19	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.17	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Showers, Diagnostic Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.16	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	14 × 11" (35.6 × 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
The Cornwagon, Ramsey Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.14	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
The Line, Ferguson Unit, Texas Photograph Acc. 412.1992.11	1967-69	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Boss, Ellis Prison, Texas Photograph Acc. 189.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 8 1/4" (31.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Cell Block, Ramsey Prison, Texas Photograph Acc. 190.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 8 1/2" (31.7 × 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ellis Prison, Texas Photograph Acc. 184.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 12 1/2" (21 × 31.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ferguson Prison Farm, Texas Photograph Acc. 182.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 1/2 × 12 1/2" (21.6 × 31.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Heat Exaustion, Ramsey Prison, Texas Photograph Acc. 191.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 1/2 × 12 1/4" (21.5 × 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Shakedown, Ellis Prison, Texas Photograph Acc. 183.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 1/2 × 12 1/4" (21.6 × 31.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Six Wing, Ramsey Prison Farm, Texas Photograph Acc. 193.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 12 1/4" (21 × 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Line, Ferguson Prison, Texas Photograph Acc. 192.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 12 1/2" (21 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Llanito, New Mexico Photograph Acc. 412.1992.20	1970	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Joselin, Santa Marta, Colombia Photograph Acc. 412.1992.22	1972	Gelatin silver print	8 11/16 × 12 15/16" (22 × 32.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Mary, Santa Marta, Colombia Photograph Acc. 412.1992.23	1972	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Namequepa, Chihuahua, Mexico Photograph Acc. 412.1992.24	1972	Gelatin silver print	14 × 11" (35.6 × 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Santa Marta, Colombia Photograph Acc. 412.1992.21	1972	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Truck in Nueva Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico Photograph Acc. 412.1992.25	1975	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Andrew at Sixteen, Bernadillo, New Mexico Photograph Acc. 412.1992.26	1976	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Photograph Acc. 412.1992.27	1977	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Bus Stop, Tehauntepec, Oaxaca Photograph Acc. 412.1992.28	1978	Gelatin silver print	14 × 11" (35.6 × 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Danny Lyon Photograph Acc. 412.1992.1-30	1979	Thirty gelatin silver prints, published 1979	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
IRT 2, South Bronx, New York City Photograph Acc. 412.1992.29	1979	Gelatin silver print	8 11/16 × 12 13/16" (22 × 32.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
IRT 2, South Bronx, New York City Photograph Acc. 412.1992.30	1979	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (28 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter