Skip to main content
  1. Art
  2. The Collection

Convict in Prison Twenty Calendar Years, Life Sentence. Speaking is Forbidden in the Dining Room, from “Conversations with the Dead”

Danny Lyon

Artwork Details

Convict in Prison Twenty Calendar Years, Life Sentence. Speaking is Forbidden in the Dining Room, from “Conversations with the Dead”
circa 1968; printed 2011
Danny Lyon
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2014/2.360

Tags

Description

Physical Description:

A man seated in a prison lunchroom wearing his uniform eating a meal. He is surrounded by other prisoners, but is eating alone.

Usage Rights:

If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.