Water boy, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"

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Water boy, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Water boy, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1968, printed 2011
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32.7 × 22.1 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (34.9 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2015.12.32
On view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer [illegible, in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 68 [in pencil] / Print Date 11 [in pencil]"
Published References Illustrated in Danny Lyon, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD, PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRISON LIFE WITH THE LETTERS AND DRAWINGS OF BILLY MCCUNE (London: Phaidon, 2015), p. 107.
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): "D Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): "DLTX-107"
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