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Detail, Yell County Jail. Dardanelle, Arkansas
Detail, Yell County Jail. Dardanelle, Arkansas

Detail, Yell County Jail. Dardanelle, Arkansas

Former TitleYell Co. Jail, Dardanelle, ARK
Artist Jim Dow (American, born 1942)
Date1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (24.61 × 19.53 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 10 inches (29.36 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.51.59
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil.
InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "YELL COUNTY JAIL, DARDANELLE, ARKANSAS. 1976 #3/25"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 3/25
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of a room with three wooden benches and thin mattresses on top; a man's leg sticks out from a floral blanket as he lays on one of the floor mattresses. There is a window on the right hand side and numerous names are carved on the walls.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© Jim Dow
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