Drinking fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse
Artist
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Overall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 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 number2000.14.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. Two water fountains in a room are shown; the bigger more convenient fountain is labeled "WHITE" and the short, small fountain is labeled "COLORED".ProvenanceThe artist; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 2000. Exhibition History"Civil Rights Photography," Newseum, Arlington, Virginia, January 8 - April 30, 2001. Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Lyndhurst Series on the South_ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992), 31.
Danny Lyon
August 1963, printed 1999
Danny Lyon
1962, printed 1999
