Danny Lyon: career timeline
American · b. 1942 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 46 of 57 lots (81% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36 | 31 | $4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 7 | 5 | $2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | $1.3kSign up | Photograph |
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1960s 36 works
- Sold
- 31 of 36
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $8kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 10 in (23 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (36)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (2), Rivers & marshes (2)
1961 Chicago$1.1kSign up
1961 Chicago (boy in alley)Unsold
1962 Albany, Georgia (from the Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement series)$4kSign up
c. 1962 Selected ImagesUnsold
1963 'Brando + Baldwin, March on Wash, Aug 1963' (Marlon Brando and James Baldwin)$2.4kSign up
c. 1963 Funeral (SNCC)$1.9kSign up
1963 March on Washington, August$3.8kSign up
c. 1963 The Bikeriders$50.8kSign up
1963 SNCC Staff Sit-in, Atlanta, Georgia$6.3kSign up
c. 1963 Selected Images of Bikeriders and Chicago$25kSign up
1963 The Arrest of Taylor Washington, Leb's Restaurant, Atlanta$3.8kSign up
1963 Route 12, Wisconsin$10.6kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1963 Policemen, Clarksdale, Mississippi$25kSign up
1965 Uptown$21.6kSign up
1965 Chicago, Northside Beach$455Sign up
1965 Chicago, Northside Beach$500Sign up
1966 The Stoplight Café, Cicero$5.4kSign up
1966 Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee$3.8kSign up
1966 Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee$10.1kSign up
1966 Crossing the Ohio, Louisville$5.3kSign up
1966 From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. Aus der Serie „The Bikeriders“ 1963–1966$4.9kSign up
1966 Crossing the Ohio near Louisville$6.4kSign up
1966 Benny, Grand and Division, ChicagoUnsold
c. 1966 Selected Images$20kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 13 in (22 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (2)
1970 Selected Images of Muhammad Ali$7.5kSign up
1972 Alba, Santa Marta, Colombia$2kSign up
1972 Mary, Santa Marta, ColombiaUnsold
1976 Horse in the Ditch, Llanito, New Mexico$375Sign up
1976 Horse in the Ditch, Llanito, New MexicoUnsold
1977 A friend at Home in Juarez$1.1kSign up
c. 1979 IRT 2, NYC$5.1kSign up
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 13 in (22 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
1980 'Bolivia' (El Alto, La Paz)$461Sign up
c. 1980 IRT 2, NYC$1.3kSign up
1980 I.R.T Subway, NYC$3.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
11 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 14 in (23 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2009 A FRIEND AT HOME IN JUAREZ$2.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 8 of 10
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9 in (24 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (9), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 SNCC Staff Sit-In, Atlanta, John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein (+ the pastries), Stokely Carmichael standing at right$4kSign up
sold 2023 Hernandez Nosey$756Sign up
sold 2024 Pictures from the New World (Special Edition)Unsold
sold 2024 Bob Dylan Behind the SNCC Office, Mississippi$1.7kSign up
sold 2024 Conversations with the DeadUnsold
sold 2024 Crossing the Ohio, Louisville$3.5kSign up
Show 4 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Indiana Dunes (from the Bikeriders series)$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Jack (from the Bikeriders series)$2kSign up
sold 2025 Route 12, Wisconsin (from the Bikeriders series)$3.3kSign up
sold 2026 Abandoned Room, NYC$762Sign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Danny Lyon auction results →