The line. Twenty-five, five, thirty-five, forty and fifteen years, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"

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The line. Twenty-five, five, thirty-five, forty and fifteen years, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
The line. Twenty-five, five, thirty-five, forty and fifteen years, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Artist/Maker Danny Lyon American, born 1942
Date1968; printed 2016
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 12 15/16 in. (22.4 × 32.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.79
Not on view
Collections
Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, Conversations with the Dead, Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune (London: Phaidon, 2015), illus. 97.

Additional Details

Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso (stamp, black ink with pencil): "Printer U [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1968 [in pencil]/ Print Date 2016 [in pencil]"
Published References Danny Lyon, Conversations with the Dead, Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune (London: Phaidon, 2015), illus. 97.
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): "Danny Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): "DLTX-95"
Photo by John Bentham.
Forty-five years, robbery, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.25
Photo by John Bentham.
Entering prison, seven years and life, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.21
Photo by John Bentham.
Cotton picker; ten years, robbery and assault, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.24
This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.97
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968, printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.12.28
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968; printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.83
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled (Road to prison from inside car) from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.20
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
Return from the fields, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968, printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.46
New arrivals from Corpus Christi, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
New arrivals from Corpus Christi, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968; printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.53
Photo by Dave Revette.
Entering prison, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.22
Main corridor, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Main corridor, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.23
Photo by John Bentham.
Heat exhaustion, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.26