Exchange: Day Room, from "Conversations with the Dead"

102 Items in this Learning Collection

Jean Arp, 1949

Portrait of a man with his head resting on his hand showing only his right eye, cheek, forehead, hand and a bit of his shirt cuff with a curving unidentifiable vertical form to the right obscuring the sitter’s face. <br />

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Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California

The photograph depicts an expanse of sand dunes in the morning light.

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TV Aerial and Agave

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Alfred Stieglitz and Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, at an American Place, New York City

This photograph shows the photographer Alfred Stieglitz seated in an interior, a tall, vertical painting by Georgia O’Keeffe positioned on a picture railing above his head.

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Two Women, a Large Blind, and Shadows

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Portrait of a Young Man

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Portrait of a Young Woman

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Engineering Corps

A group of soldiers stand and sit in a landscape; some face the camera while others are posed engaged in conversation. Behind them stand several tall trees and between them a tent with the flaps decorated with an American flag. Seated alone to the left is a young African-American man holding a broom.

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Untitled (4)

Four people donning costumes and masks standing in the foreground of a large grassy field.

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Untitled (Six Miners Walking up the Hill), from "Welsh Miners"

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Untitled (Bride and Groom in a Landscape), from "Welsh Miners"

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Untitled (Child with a Doll Carriage), from "Welsh Miners"

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Apple Orchard, Tesuque, N.M., from "Color Nature Landscapes II"

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Thomas Leverton Donaldson

This photographic negative depicts an older man seated in an interior. His head is turned to the side and he wears a three-piece suit.

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Thomas Leverton Donaldson

This photograph is a portrait of a seated man in a three piece suit. He holds an eye-glass in his right hand.

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Portrait of Rodin

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Third Avenue, NYC

This photograph shows a view of an antique store's front vitrine, featuring a variety of decorative objects and furnishings.

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Brownstone Houses, 222 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York

This photography is a view of a row of Victorian townhouses in Brooklyn, framed on the left by the angular L-shape of a street lamp post.

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School with Separate Bell, Alabama

View of a rural schoolhouse with a bell on its front lawn.

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Billboard

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Untitled

Portrait of an elderly couple in a living room adorned with religious icons.

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Moving Truck and Bureau Mirror

View of a partially loaded truck, featuring a bureau mirror that reflects stacked chairs and furniture prepared for moving.

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Bedroom, Fisherman's House, Nova Scotia

Interior view of a bedroom with chests of drawers and a dressing glass mirror.

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Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia

A frontal elevation view of a company store.

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Bedroom, Shrimp Fisherman's House, Biloxi, Mississippi

An interior wall adorned with various framed photographs of family members and religious icons.

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Andy Warhol in Paris

A photograph of a man reclined on a sofa. His eyes are closed and his hands are clasped and resting on his chest.

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Winnie off the Coast of Cannes

This photograph depicts a woman standing on a sailboat deck, leaning on the railing and looking out at the water as another boat passes by in the background.

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Patti Hansen Over Manhattan

This photograph depicts a nude woman standing in a large window overlooking an evening cityscape.

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Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown, Cambridge, MA

Group portrait of four women standing indoors. The woman on the right has her arms crossed.

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Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown, New Canaan, CT

Group portrait of four women standing outdoors. The left two women have their arms wrapped around each other's shoulder. The right woman stands with her arms crossed.

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Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown, E. Greenwich, RI

Group portrait of four women standing outdoors. The right two are locked in an embrace.

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Edmond About

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Alexander Dumas (père)

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Hearst Over the People

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Martha Graham—Letter to the World

A photograph of a woman dancing. She wears a dress with flowing fabric, creating a sense of motion as she performs a jump.

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Erick Hawkins in 'El Penitente'

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Martha Graham—Lamentation

A photograph of a woman dancing. She lifts her arms up toward the right of the frame, her legs creating a diagonal across the bottom of the frame.

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Spring on Madison Square

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Martha Graham in 'War Theme'

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Valerie Bettis

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North Carolina 9

A partially-blocked view of a landscape viewed through a window pane.

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Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation, No. 99

A photograph of a leaping man in mid-air with arms outstretched and legs tucked backward viewed from below.

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Gloucester 1H

Photograph of a dirt-covered white glove in mid-grip on a plank of wood.

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Essence, from "If & (Silk)"

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Shadows II, from "If & (Silk)"

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Man Blowing Nose, from "Déja Vu"

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Englishman, Derby, from "Déja Vu"

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First Act

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Huichol Violin

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Corning Salvation Army Couple, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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Cape Kennedy, Florida

This photograph depicts a crowd of people gathered outside on a low platform. The crowd appears to viewing an event happening in the sky above them. In the foreground stands a woman who faces the photographer, a camera raised to her eyes.

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Castle Rock, Colorado

This photograph depicts a view of a landscape with streets lined with telephone poles and a rocky butte rising in the distance. The large, dark shadow of a car is cast on the road in the foreground.

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New York City

This photograph depicts a scene at a zoological park, showing a group of people standing by a railing looking downwards into a pool with a walrus.

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Silhouette, from "If & (Silk)"

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Fleamarket Music (La Musique des Puces), from "Portfolio of Photographs, 1979"

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From Pond, Power Pylon, off Ann Arbor Road, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, 1983, from

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Chicago

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Hand in Doorway - Florida, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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Untitled (Man holding infant in doorway), from "Welsh Miners"

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Backyard

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New York, from "Master Prints Volume II"

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Felix, Gladys and Rover, New York City, from "Master Prints Volume I"

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Mt. Fuji and Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan, from "Recent Developments"

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Legs on a Wall, New York, U.S.A., from "Recent Developments"

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Tahiti, from "Master Prints Volume I"

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Church at Wounded Knee, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

Photograph of field with wild flowers. Church is visible in background. Dark, thick clouds loom overhead.<br /><br />
Eva Caston 2017

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Corning Boy Scout and Scout Master, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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Paris, from "Master Prints Volume I"

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Cape Cod

Elevated, distant view of a lone man walking along a beach, with foamy breaking waves visible in the middleground.

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Eleanor, Port Huron

Nude woman with her back turned toward the viewer, reclining in a grassy clearing.

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Flag Raising, Iwo Jima

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View at Hebron

Landscape view from the perspective of a ruin in the foreground. A village of white buildings is visible in the background, at the foot of two hills.

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St. Louis Cardinals Busch Memorial Stadium, from 'Jim Dow: The National League S

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Jim Dow: The National League Stadiums; Montreal Expos Olympic Stadium

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Hippie Couple - Corning, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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Beach Accident, Coney Island, New York

Aerial view of a beach on which a swimming accident has occurred. A group of people swarm to the central location and focal point of the photograph, where the injured person lies.

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The Saga of J. Blue: Chapter 5, from "Detroit Focus 2000"

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Carnival

This image is one of twelve photographs from Brassaï's <em>Transmutations</em> portfolio. In this photograph, Brassaï has drawn on a negative of a female figure using the cliché-verre process. The resulting image portrays a female nude partially abstracted into geometric shapes.

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Odalisque

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Letters from my Grandmother, from "Detroit Focus 2000"

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Simon on the Subway, NYC

Portrait of a young man sitting on a subway train with his head leaning against the wall as he gazes pensively into the distance.

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Shiprock Triptych #1

This photograph depicts a desert landscape with a craggy rock formation rising in the far distance in the central portion of the horizon. A dirt road extends through the foreground. The top half of the image depicts a vast, cloudless sky in tones of blue and pink.

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Shiprock Triptych #3

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Shiprock Triptych #2

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Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Man with Big Feet

This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of a man lying on his back and reading, shot from the angle of his feet. It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, Unique.<br />

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Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Untitled (drunk frogs)

This black and white stereoscopic image features a drawing of five frogs drinking wine in front of an ivy-covered wall. It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, Unique; 11.

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Cracked Glass with Boy - Colorado, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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Jackie Kennedy at Funeral, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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The Rouge Study #16, Dearborn, MI

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The Rouge Study #9, Dearborn, MI

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American Gothic, Washington, D.C.

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Emerging Man, Harlem, New York

A man in low light peering over a raised surface with only his upper face and hand visible.

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Condemned Man, from "Conversations with the Dead"

A prisoner in uniform with his hands cuffed and in front of him against a wood paneled wall. There is a man in a suit and glasses standing next to him.

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Two Convicts, from "Conversations with the Dead"

Two prisoners in uniform sitting on a wooden bench. Their legs are crossed and they are both looking to the right.

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Day Room, from "Conversations with the Dead"

A group of prisoners in a room relaxing. Some look like they are watching television, others are talking and some are just sitting.

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Kathy

Portrait of a young woman leaning against a concrete, exterior wall. She wears a cross necklace and a button-down shirt that drapes over her mid-length shorts. She looks directly into the camera lens.

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Untitled

This photograph depicts three masked children standing on the steps of a browstone building in a city.

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Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Struggle with Bruin in the Wilds of Oregon

This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of a bear licking the hand of a man lying on his back in a forest with another man aiming a gun at the bear in the background. It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, Unique; Standard Scenic Company; 0-2211—A Struggle With Bruin in the Wilds of Oregon. (Copyright 1900, by Whiting Brothers.).<br />

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Day Room, from "Conversations with the Dead"

Accession Number
2014/2.359

Title
Day Room, 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
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )

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

Physical Description
A group of prisoners in a room relaxing. Some look like they are watching television, others are talking and some are just sitting.

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)