The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Aerial View of Manhattan
1966–67
(American, 1942-)
Image: 25.2 x 25 cm (9 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2011.236
Location: not on view
Description
A grant from the New York State Council on the Arts to photograph the demolition of sections of Lower Manhattan provided Lyon with partial funding, a letter asking that he be given access to city-owned abandoned buildings, and a ride in a Port Authority helicopter. “They were kind enough to strap me in, remove my door, and fly me over the Brooklyn Bridge,” the artist remembers. “The pilot . . . turned the aircraft on its side, with me dangling from my harness watching things in my pocket drift down to the East River a thousand feet below.” This photograph shows the west tower of the Brooklyn Bridge and, just right of center, the demolition area at Gold and Beekman Streets.- George Stephanopoulos
- Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-October 7, 2018).
- {{cite web|title=Aerial View of Manhattan|url=false|author=Danny Lyon|year=1966–67|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.236