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Prison tattoos, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Prison tattoos, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead

Prison tattoos, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1968/printed later
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 13 x 9 inches
Object Size: 14 x 11 inches
Credit LineGift of Jill M. Garling and Thomas J. Wilson
Object number2014.153
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
Weight-lifters, Walls Unit, Ramsey Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Weight-lifters, Walls Unit, Ramsey Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968/printed later
Object number: 2014.155
Cell block table, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Cell block table, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.041
Aaron Evert Jones, life, habitual criminal, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Aaron Evert Jones, life, habitual criminal, Walls Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968/printed later
Object number: 2014.154
[Road to prison form inside car] Diagnostic Center is a processing for inmates entering prison. Men arrive there from county jails throughout the state. After about a month they are classified and assigned to a unit to begin their sentence from the series Conversations with the Dead
[Road to prison form inside car] Diagnostic Center is a processing for inmates entering prison. Men arrive there from county jails throughout the state. After about a month they are classified and assigned to a unit to begin their sentence from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968–69, printed later
Object number: 2015.154
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.038
Return from the fields, shakedown at the rear gate. Twice every work day, Ellis Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Return from the fields, shakedown at the rear gate. Twice every work day, Ellis Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968/printed later
Object number: 2014.156
The line, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
The line, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.034
Cotton pickers, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Cotton pickers, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.035
Clearing land, Ellis Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Clearing land, Ellis Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.036
The line. Twenty-five, five, thirty-five, forty and fifteen years, Ramsey Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
The line. Twenty-five, five, thirty-five, forty and fifteen years, Ramsey Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.037
Shakedown before returning to the building, Ramsey Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Shakedown before returning to the building, Ramsey Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.040
Heat exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Heat exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.042