Heat exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas

© Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos

Heat exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas

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Heat exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas,

1967–69, printed 1979

Danny Lyon, born 1942, Brooklyn, NY; active New York, NY
x1994-148.19

Information

Title
Heat exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas
Dates

1967–69, printed 1979

Maker
Danny Lyon
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.4 x 33.2 cm. (8 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.) sheet: 27.7 x 35.4 cm. (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James L. Melcher
Object Number
x1994-148.19
Place Made

North America, United States, Texas, Ellis Unit

Inscription
Numbered in graphite, verso lower left corner: 19 Signed in graphite, verso lower right corner: Danny Lyon
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), workers, prisoners, men

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