Illinois State Death House, Tamms, Illinois
Illinois State Death House, Tamms, Illinois

Currently not on view

Illinois State Death House, Tamms, Illinois,

1999

Stephen Tourlentes, American, born 1959
2000-361

Information

Title
Illinois State Death House, Tamms, Illinois
Dates

1999

Maker
Stephen Tourlentes
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 48.7 x 58.5 cm (19 3/16 x 23 1/16 in.) sheet: 50.9 x 60.7 cm (20 1/16 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
2000-361
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Illinois, Village of Tamms, Tamms Correctional Center

Inscription
Titled, dated, and signed in ink on verso, lower left: Illinois State Death House, Tamms, Illinois 1999 Stephen Tourlentes
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
landscapes (representations), horizon line, prisons, night

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