Accession Number
2013/2.350

Title
Pumpkin Renee

Artist(s)
Danny Lyon

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1967; printed 2010

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

Subject matter
After Knoxville, Tennessee, Lyon traveled to Galveston, Texas. He had not found the material he had hoped to find in Knoxville. In Galveston, he photographed people and places that were outside of mainstream America. He met seventeen year old Pumpkin Renee, a transgender woman who identified as a "female impersonator and homosexual." Lyon made recordings of her speaking about her experiences. In this image, Pumpkin reclines in her bed, displaying Dionne Warwick's album "Make Way for Dionne Warwick."

Physical Description
A photograph of a woman reclining in her bed. A vinyl record titled "Make Way for Dionne Warwick" is propped up on her legs.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
bedrooms
beds (furniture)
reclining
record covers
transgenderism
women (female humans)