Danny Lyon — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Police pose for a photograph as ministers from the National Council of Churches march to a local church, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1963

Christie's

$5,250

Ramsey Prison, Huntsville, Texas, 1968

Christie's

$3,750

Prison Tattoos, the Ramsey Prison, Huntsville, Texas, 1968

Christie's

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'The Bikeriders', 1962-1966

Christie's

Uptown Chicago, 1965

$937

Apr 2014

Christie's

$52,500

Apr 2013

Christie's

Houston, Texas, 1968

€3,000 ($3k USD)

Dec 2011

Christie's

Taxi, probably Birmingham, Ala., 1963

Christie's

Christie's

Selected images, 1966-1980

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled (Prisoner being patted down) from Conversations with the Dead , 1968

£600 ($792 USD)

May 2005

Phillips

Uptown

$21,590

Phillips

The Stoplight Café, Cicero

$5,418

Swann Auction Galleries

Defeated Demo Driver, Wall Stadium, New Jersey, from the series The Pits. 1988, printed 1993.

$2,413

Dec 2025

Swann Auction Galleries

From the Picket Tower, Ferguson Unit, Texas. 1968; printed 1983.

$1,524

Dec 2025

Swann Auction Galleries

Uptown. 1965; printed 2000.

$1,270

Dec 2025

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Route 12, Wisconsin (from the Bikeriders series)

$3,302

Jul 2025

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Jack (from the Bikeriders series)

$2,032

Jul 2025

For Sale 10

Edwynn Houk Gallery · Artsy

Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee, 1966

US$8,500

Gelatin silver enlargment print

Edwynn Houk Gallery · Artsy

The Dominoes Players, Walls Unit, TDC, 1967

Gelatin silver enlargement print

Etherton Gallery · Artsy

Joey, Chicago, 1965

Vintage gelatin silver print

Etherton Gallery · Artsy

El Paso, Texas , 1975

Inside Kathy's Apartment, 1963

Archival pigment print

CLAMP · Artsy

Three Young Men, 1963

US$2,500

Gelatin silver print

CLAMP · Artsy

US$1,000–US$2,500

Gelatin silver print

Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy

Santa Maria, Colombia, 1972

US$2,500–US$5,000

Gelatin silver print

Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy

Colombia (Girl on Floor), 1965

US$2,500–US$5,000

Type C print

Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy

Juarez, Mexico (cover photo for The Paper Negative), 1980

US$2,500–US$5,000

Cibachrome print

Etherton Gallery · Artsy

Ohio, from The Bikeriders, 1966

Vintage gelatin silver print

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Market236 auction results

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$360 – $52.9K

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$6.4K

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$3.5K

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Jan 2026 · $360

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Photographs: $3.5K medianWorks on paper: — medianBooks/portfolios: $1.2K medianEditioned photos: $2.3K medianPosters/ephemera: $1.3K medianUnclassified lots: $3.0K median

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Galleries1

#199 Howard Greenberg Gallery

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Current Exhibitions1

Byzantine Fresco Chapel

Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Larry Burrows, Bruce Davidson, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore

4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Dec 12, 2025 — Aug 16, 2026

Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss December 12, 2025–August 16, 2026 Main Building

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Past Exhibitions14

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#199 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Danny Lyon The Texas Prison Photographs

Danny Lyon

41 E 57th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Dec 5, 2025 — Jan 31, 2026

Thirty Photographs (1962 - 1980)

#682 The Hulett Collection

Danny Lyon

Jun 29, 2024 — Aug 24, 2024

Danny Lyon: American Odyssey Birmingham to Bernalillo

#126 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Mar 2, 2023 — Apr 15, 2023

Allentown Art Museum

Danny Lyon: Prison

Danny Lyon

31 N 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101, USA

Sep 29, 2019 — Jan 5, 2020

Danny Lyon: Prison September 29, 2019 through January 5, 2020 View Exhibition

#204 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Danny Lyon Vintage Works

Danny Lyon

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Nov 9, 2017 — Dec 23, 2017

#126 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon: Journey

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Sep 9, 2016 — Oct 15, 2016

Danny Lyon | Conversations with the Dead: Vintage Prints

#126 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Sep 9, 2015 — Oct 17, 2015

Danny Lyon Murals and Montages

#126 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Jan 9, 2014 — Feb 15, 2014

Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders

Akron Art Museum

Danny Lyon

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308, USA

Jan 26, 2013 — Apr 26, 2013

This World is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs

Byzantine Fresco Chapel

Danny Lyon

4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Jan 1, 2012

Mar 30 – Jul 29, 2012 This World is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs

#126 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon: Unpublished

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Mar 9, 2006 — Apr 22, 2006

#204 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Danny Lyon Forty Years

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Jul 15, 2004 — Oct 4, 2004

#126 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon: Heart Butte

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Jun 1, 2002 — Jul 19, 2002

“Photographs of Prison Life” and “The Bike RIders”

#89 Cirrus Gallery

Danny Lyon

2011 South Santa Fe Avenue

Oct 24, 1978 — Nov 25, 1978