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Prison tattoos, The Walls

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

Prison tattoos, The Walls

1967-1969, printed 1983

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Prison tattoos, The Walls

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

Prison tattoos, The Walls

Prison tattoos, The Walls

1967-1969, printed 1983

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.)
Portfolio/Series from the series, "Conversations with the Dead"
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"

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ESMERALDA IN PRISON
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