Ellis Prison Shakedown
1968, printed 1970
Artist, American, born 1942
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
2001.67.139
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q64145948