Electric Chair and Execution Chamber, Sing Sing Prison

c. 1953

American 20th Century

Associated Names
This is a grayscale photograph of an empty room with an electric chair at its center. The chair has straps hanging from it, and a wire on the floor is attached to one of its legs. It sits on a flat panel on the otherwise-bare floor. The room is sparsely furnished, with bare walls, a small table behind the chair, and a dark wooden door on the right side with the word "SILENCE" above it. There appear to be two more dark doors on the left side. The ceiling has exposed pipes and a light fixture hanging down on the left, illuminating the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.1 × 19.9 cm (6 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 16.7 × 20.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.413


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite perpendicular: 97E; center right stamped in purple ink: JAN 15 1953; by unknown hand, center right printing notes in graphite perpendicular; bottom right in graphite: Sing Sing


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