Rooftop, Cypress Avenue, from "Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY" / Danny Lyon

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Accession Number: 2013/2.355
Title: Rooftop, Cypress Avenue, from "Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY"
Artist: Danny Lyon
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: b. 1942
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1992-1993; printed 2010
Credit Line: Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling
Inscription: signed, dated and with the "Bleak Beauty" stamp on verso
Dimensions: 27.94 x 35.56 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Physical Description: A rooftop view with chimney and graffiti covered buildings. Lots of pigeons flying in the sky that has no clouds.
Primary Keywords: agricultural buildings; birds; skylines
Secondary Keywords: agricultural structures; animals and creatures; buildings and the land; cultural landscapes; cultural landscapes by location or context; landscapes (environments); settlements and landscapes; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2480 x 2459
File Size: 164 KB
Record: 2013/2.355
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.355/2013_2.355.jpg

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Full citation: "Rooftop, Cypress Avenue, from "Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY"; Danny Lyon." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.355/2013_2.355.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.