Exchange: F17 Diran - AAS 104 / ENGLISH 140 - 250 Years of Prison, Labor, and Race in America

F17 Diran - AAS 104 / ENGLISH 140 - 250 Years of Prison, Labor, and Race in America

Howard Bingham
Cleveland, from "Detroit Focus 2000"
black and white photograph on paper
14 in. x 11 in. ( 35.5 cm x 27.9 cm )
Gift of Detroit Focus 2000, and partial purchase with funds from the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund

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Around and behind a central image of a sewing machine are overlapping images of people, ships, a building fire, the Statue of Liberty, and small blocks of text.

Ida Abelman
My Father Reminisces
lithograph on paper
14 9/16 in x 18 7/16 in (36.99 cm x 46.83 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

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A mixed media assemblage consisting of welding goggles, rusted metal, a padlock, and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws. The position of the objects, with goggles at the top, makes the assemblage look vaguely face-like.

George Vargas
Michigan Worker
welding goggles, metal, hanging bells, rusty bottle cap, pulleys, chains, and padlock mounted on plywood
20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm);20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm)
Gift of the artist

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Morris Topchevsky
Out of the Mills
lithograph on paper
16 5/16 x 12 1/2 in. (41.3 x 31.6 cm);16 5/16 x 12 1/2 in. (41.3 x 31.6 cm)
Bequest of Jean Paul Slusser

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José Orozco
Negroes, from "The American Scene, Series 1"
lithograph on paper
12 3/4 x 8.9 in. (32.38 x 22.7 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm);15 7/8 x 11 5/16 in. (40.32 x 28.73 cm)
Museum Purchase

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John Curry
Manhunt, from "The American Scene, Series 2"
lithograph on paper
9 13/16 x 12.9 in. (24.92 x 32.86 cm)
Museum Purchase

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An officer on top of a horse wearing a white cowboy hat. There is an African-American man standing next to him handing him water.

Danny Lyon
Watering a Boss, from "Conversations with the Dead"
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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A group of prisoners, naked, standing in a line next to a line of officers. They are in the hallway between the cells.

Danny Lyon
Building Shakedown, from "Conversations with the Dead"
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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A man seated in a prison lunchroom wearing his uniform eating a meal. He is surrounded by other prisoners, but is eating alone.

Danny Lyon
Convict in Prison Twenty Calendar Years, Life Sentence. Speaking is Forbidden in the Dining Room, from "Conversations with the Dead"
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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Mark Godfrey
John Ehrlichman, Watergate Hearings
gelatin silver print on paper
10 15/16 in. x 14 in. ( 27.8 cm x 35.5 cm )
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon

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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 11/16 x 23 1/4 in. (88 x 59 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund

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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 11/16 x 23 5/16 in. (88.1 x 59.1 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund

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