Electric Chair and Execution Chamber, Sing Sing Prison

c. 1953

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

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

    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


You may be interested in

Loading Results