Boss
Artist
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1968-1969
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 3/4 × 8 in. (29.8 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
InscribedSigned in pencil on verso
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2006.18.6
Not on view
Label TextDanny Lyon
American (b. 1942)
Boss from Conversations with the Dead, Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune, 1968-1969
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas 2006.18.6ProvenanceDr. Stephen Nicholas [via guidance of Michael Mattis], Scarsdale, NY; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas, 2006.
Exhibition History'Recent Photography Acquistions," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 12, 2008.
Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Conversations with the Dead, Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune_ (New York: Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1971), 51 ISBN: 978-0030850691
