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Danny Lyon
Ellis, 1968 (Convicts Chopping Down Tree)1968, printed 1981

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Black and white photograph looking down on a group of men in white uniforms and caps working among fallen trees and tangled brush on a wooded hillside

Danny Lyon, Ellis, 1968 (Convicts Chopping Down Tree), 1968, printed 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Danny Lyon
Title
Ellis, 1968 (Convicts Chopping Down Tree)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1968, printed 1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 12 1/4 × 18 in. (31.12 × 45.72 cm) Primary support: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.48 × 50.48 cm) Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1345
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Danny Lyon