One of high school student Taylor Washington’s numerous arrests is immortalized as he yells while passing before me. The photograph became the cover of SNCC’s photo book, The Movement, and was reproduced in the former Soviet Union in Pravda, captioned “Police Brutality USA”

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2013.122
People: Danny Lyon, American (Brooklyn, New York born 1942)
Title: One of high school student Taylor Washington’s numerous arrests is immortalized as he yells while passing before me. The photograph became the cover of SNCC’s photo book, The Movement, and was reproduced in the former Soviet Union in Pravda, captioned “Police Brutality USA”
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1963, printed 2010
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/339909

Location

Location: Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery

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Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

46.9 x 31.9 cm (18 7/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, b.r., in graphite: Danny Lyon
stamp: Verso, b.r., in graphite and red ink: Printer [over] K [over] BLEAK BEAUTY [over] Picture Date 63 * 10 Print Date
inscription: Verso, b.l., in graphite: DLC 48

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private collection, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2013

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year: 2013
Object Number: 2013.122
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

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2013.122: One of high school student Taylor Washington’s numerous arrests is immortalized as he yells while passing before me. The photograph became the cover of SNCC’s photo book, The Movement, and was reproduced in the former Soviet Union in Pravda, captioned “Police Brutality USA”