Danny Lyon

Scrambles Track, McHenry, Illinois

1965

Motorcycle racers kick up dust as they speed around a dirt track past spectators and trees.
Motorcycle racers kick up dust as they speed around a dirt track past spectators and trees.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1965

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (15.1 × 15.1 cm) Image: 5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (15.1 × 15.1 cm) Mount (paper): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Sheet (tracing paper): 13 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (34.9 × 28.1 cm) Frame: 17 9/16 × 14 5/8 × 1 3/8 in. (44.6 × 37.1 × 3.5 cm)

Accession number
98.28.2

Series
The Bikeriders

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos

API
artworks/11748




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