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Prison tattoos, The Walls

Danny Lyon and R.F.G. Publishing, Inc.

Prison tattoos, The Walls

1969-1982

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Prison tattoos, The Walls

Danny Lyon and R.F.G. Publishing, Inc.

Prison tattoos, The Walls

Prison tattoos, The Walls

1969-1982

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 x 280 mm. (14 x 11 in.) Image: 300 x 203 mm. (11 13/16 x 8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Stanley Kogan and Lynda Winston, Baltimore
Object Number 1984.425.29
BMA, "Danny Lyon: Conversations with the Dead," 10 February - 19 April 1987.

BMA, "Contemporary Photographs from the Museum Collection," 12 February - 7 April 1985.

Inscribed: lower right verso in graphite: "Danny Lyon"

Artist

Danny Lyon

1941–2000

American, born 1942
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Publisher

R.F.G. Publishing, Inc.

2000–2000

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ENTERING PRISON, SEVEN YEARS AND LIFE, THE WALLS
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SHAKEDOWN, ELLIS
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The Prison Cell
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The Prison Cell
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RETURN FROM THE FIELDS, SHAKEDOWN AT THE REAR GATE. TWICE EVERY WORK DAY, ELLIS
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Return from the fields, shakedown at the rear gate. Twice every work day, Ellis
1966–1982
The Dogs before the Prison
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DOG BOY, ELLIS
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ESMERALDA IN PRISON
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Esmeralda in Prison
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YOUNG BOSS, ELLIS
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Young boss, Ellis
1966–1982
THE PRIEST PLEADING WITH ESMERALDA IN PRISON
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard and Luc Olivier Merson
The Priest Pleading with Esmeralda in Prison
19th century
CLEARING LAND, ELLIS
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Clearing land, Ellis
1966–1982
ROCKS IN PRISON
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Rocks in Prison
2000