Ellis Prison Shakedown, 1968, printed 1970

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16 x 23.8 cm (6 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2001.67.139

Artists / Makers

Danny Lyon (artist) American, born 1942

Magnum Photos (publisher)

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Inscription

upper left verso in black felt tip pen: PRISONS; center verso in graphite: Ellis Prison, Texas 1968 / Shakedown / p. 161 of Conversations w. / the Dead / 67-7-583/15 Danny Lyon / Shakedown / Ellis; lower left verso in graphite: $2,000; lower center verso: Magnum copyright stamp; lower right verso: Bleak Beauty stamp with graphite additions: 1968 1970

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Smith, Joshua P.