Cell Block, from "Conversations with the Dead"

Accession Number
2014/2.353

Title
Cell Block, from "Conversations with the Dead"

Artist(s)
Danny Lyon

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1968; printed 2011

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
14 x 11 in. ( 35.56 x 27.94 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

Physical Description
A view of two levels of prison blocks. The cells on the bottom are empty and the one above is closed and a prisoner is leaning out.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Primary Object Type
black and white print

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
jails (buildings)
men (male humans)
prisons (buildings)

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