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Roof Top, Cypress Avenue

Danny Lyon

Artwork Details

Roof Top, Cypress Avenue
1992; printed 2010
Danny Lyon
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2013/2.355

Description

Subject Matter:

In Let Them Kill Themselves, Lyon documented urban life in Bushwick. This photograph excludes the city below, showing a view of a Cypress Avenue rooftop, a flock of pigeons flying above. In the foreground, a wall of graffiti is visible on the entrance to the roof.

Physical Description:

A photograph from a rooftop. An entrance to the roof is seen in the foreground adjacent to a wall covered in graffiti. Beyond the architecture of the roof, a flock of pigeons flies in an open sky.

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