Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at The University of Mississippi
Artist
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/16 × 24 in. (51 × 61 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/16 × 24 in. (51 × 61 cm)
InscribedDate, print number, and a credit to Chuck Kelton (who made the print) appears on the verso of the print.
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2000.14.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. The focus is on a Mississippi Highway patrolman with his arms crossed. A crowd of people are behind him.ProvenanceThe artist; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 2000. Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Lyndhurst Series on the South_ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992), 61.
