Six Wing Cell Block, Ramsey Prison Texas, 1968, printed 1995

Not on View

series Title

Conversations with the Dead

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 22.23 × 32.7 cm (8 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.)

sheet: 27.62 × 35.24 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

Accession Number

2015.19.5226

Artists / Makers

Danny Lyon (artist) American, born 1942

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: RAMSEY PRISON TEXAS / 1968 / Danny Lyon; lower left: Six Wing Cell Block; bottom right corner stamped in purple ink, circled: Printer / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star] / Picture Date Print Date; graphite annotations: DL / 1968 1995; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 081-BF-PD; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2010.014.034

Provenance

Betsy Karel, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2010; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Karel, Betsy

Exhibition History

2011: Recent Photography Acquisitions, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 14 – August 28, 2011