Clearing Land, Ellis Prison Unit, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Danny Lyon

Title

Clearing Land, Ellis Prison Unit, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1967–1968

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper right, diagonally, in graphite: 28 [underlined]; verso, center, diagonally, in graphite: 592-7 ; inscribed and signed verso, lower right, in graphite: Ellis prison / 1968 Danny Lyon

Dimensions

Image: 22.1 × 32.7 cm (8 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Hugh Edwards Photography and Media Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1973.276

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