Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells,

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Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells,
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells,
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1968; printed 2011
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (25.6 × 25.2 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.83
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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 K [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1968 [in pencil] / Print Date 2011 [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), 125.
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): "Danny Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): "DLTX-123"
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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photo by John Bentham.
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.21
Photo by John Bentham.
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.25
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Date: 1968; printed 2016
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
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Danny Lyon
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1967 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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