Accession Number2013/2.355
TitleRoof Top, Cypress Avenue
Artist(s)Danny LyonArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1992; printed 2010Medium & Supportgelatin silver print on paperDimensions 11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80Subject matterIn
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 DescriptionA 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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Keywords
doorways
graffiti
pigeons (general term)
rooftops
skylines