George E. Baker, Angola, Louisiana

June 24, 1999

Deborah Luster

Associated Names
Deborah Luster

Artist, American, born 1951

The image shows a man seated on a wooden flatbed trailer. He is positioned with his body slightly angled to the side, resting with one knee bent and his other leg stretched out in front of him. The man has short hair and wears a baseball cap turned backward. He is dressed in a light-colored, partially open, long-sleeved shirt with an undershirt beneath, and a sleeveless vest. He also wears dark pants tucked into knee-high rubber boots. On the flatbed are large, filled sacks, possibly tied together with rope. The background shows an open area with sparse vegetation, and the edges of the photo reveal dirt or a field where the trailer is parked.
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Provenance

Julia J. Norrell, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, incised upper right: 78; center: L.S.P. / Angola, Louisiana. / George E. Baker / d.o.c.# 298226 / d.o.b. 2.6.64 / p.o.b. Mississippi / entered L.S.P. 1988 / sentence. LIFE / Main Prison / work. Field Line / photo. 6.24.99; bottom right: ca/p

Wikidata ID

Q64146294

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