id:			323650
accession number:	2018.592
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.592
updated:		2025-02-09 07:48:27.323000

Cummins Unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film, Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raises their own pigs. A common room of the prison. Prisoners do not have individual cells, 1968. Jean-Pierre Laffont (French, b. 1935). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.2 x 23.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/8 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.1 cm (8 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.592

title:				Cummins Unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film, Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raises their own pigs. A common room of the prison. Prisoners do not have individual cells
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creation date:			1968
creation date earliest:		1968
creation date latest:		1968
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 20th Century
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* Jean-Pierre Laffont (French, b. 1935)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 16.2 x 23.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.1 cm (8 x 9 7/8 in.)
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