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Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia - Prisoner Working  - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia - Prisoner Working - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia - Prisoner Working  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Prison - Vintage Offset Print - 20th Century

Prison - Vintage Offset Print - 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Prison is original offset print, realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century, lyrical playing with words and depicting, with writing on the right side of artwork in French. The...

Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners  Racial Justice - African American Art
Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners  Racial Justice - African American Art

Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art

Located in Miami, FL

African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up agains...

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Board, Rag Paper

Capozzella Coming Out of Prison - Vintage Photo - 1977
Capozzella Coming Out of Prison - Vintage Photo - 1977

Capozzella Coming Out of Prison - Vintage Photo - 1977

Located in Roma, IT

Oranzo Pavane and Giovagneli -  Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1977. Coming out of Police Station. Good conditions and aged.

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk prison. Kolomenskoye
Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk prison. Kolomenskoye

Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk prison. Kolomenskoye

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

This tower in Kolomenskoye Park appeared in 1959 after the flooding of the Bratsk Reservoir. The Bratsk fort was founded in the 1630s on the banks of the Angara River - not far from ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Escape the prison of Ego, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Escape the prison of Ego, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Escape the prison of Ego, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Judy Hintz Cox

Located in Yardley, PA

Gallery wrapped. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locat...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Historical Photo of Prison, Visited by the Pope - 1960s

Historical Photo of Prison, Visited by the Pope - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Historical Photo of Prison  - San Donato of Pescara  - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prison - San Donato of Pescara - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Historical Photo of Prison  - San Donato of Pescara  - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prison - San Donato of Pescara - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Historical Photo of Prison  - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo   - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prison - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison  - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Historical Photo of Prison  - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo  - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prison - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prison  - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Stas (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys

Stas (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys

By Michal Chelbin

Located in New York, NY

Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print (Total edition of 7 + 2 APs) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Farm, Angola State Prison, LA, 2002 - Alec Soth (Photography)

The Farm, Angola State Prison, LA, 2002 - Alec Soth (Photography)

By Alec Soth

Located in London, GB

Signed on reverse Digital chromogenic print 16 x 20 inches (edition of 15) Alec Soth (born 1969) is a leading contemporary American photographer, working in the documentary tradit...

Category

Late 20th Century Photography

Materials

Digital

Sergey (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys

Sergey (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys

By Michal Chelbin

Located in New York, NY

Sergey (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys Russia 2009 Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print (Total edition of 7 + 2 APs) This work...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Diana with Yulia (Sentenced for Theft): Prison for Women with Children

Diana with Yulia (Sentenced for Theft): Prison for Women with Children

By Michal Chelbin

Located in New York, NY

Diana with Yulia (Sentenced for Theft): Prison for Women with Children Ukraine 2010 Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print (Total edition of 7 + 2 APs) This work is off...

Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Joseph in prison
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Joseph in prison

Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Joseph in prison

Located in Varmo, IT

French painter (18th century) - Joseph in prison. 84 x 105 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed). Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservati...

Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Historical Photo of Prisons  - Cleaning Via Nomentana in Rome - 1970s

Historical Photo of Prisons - Cleaning Via Nomentana in Rome - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Historical Photo of Prisons  - Cleaning Via Nomentana  is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Salvador Dali -- The Prison from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali -- The Prison from The Marquis de Sade

Salvador Dali -- The Prison from The Marquis de Sade

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Salvador Dali The Prison from Marquis de Sade Suite, 1969 Lithograph Edition XXVI / XC Hand-signed lower right Image size: 52.5 X 42.5 cm Frame size: 75.5 x 62.5 cm Published by S...

Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Purvis Young Prison Scene Original Large 43" Painting on Canvas with COA
Purvis Young Prison Scene Original Large 43" Painting on Canvas with COA

Purvis Young Prison Scene Original Large 43" Painting on Canvas with COA

By Purvis Young

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Artist: Purvis Young Title: Prison Scene Medium: Paint on Canvas Size: 43" x 22" Edition: Original Condition: In the style of found art with an intentionally weathered appearance.

Category

Late 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Old Days-Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano Prison... - Vintage Photo - 1975

Old Days-Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano Prison... - Vintage Photo - 1975

Located in Roma, IT

Claudio Carabba leaving San Gimignano prison where he had been taken hostage is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1975. Good conditions.

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Prison - Original Lithograph by Marcello Ercole - 1973
The Prison - Original Lithograph by Marcello Ercole - 1973

The Prison - Original Lithograph by Marcello Ercole - 1973

By Marcello Ercole

Located in Roma, IT

He arrives at the Rome Quadriennale and is invited to the National Biennial of Sacred Art "Federico Motta Award" , to the "F.P. Michetti ", at the" Villa S.

Category

1970s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Petrus KREMER Belgian painter Flemish peinter Adriaen BROUWER in prison 19th
Petrus KREMER Belgian painter Flemish peinter Adriaen BROUWER in prison 19th

Petrus KREMER Belgian painter Flemish peinter Adriaen BROUWER in prison 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

Petrus KREMER Antwerp, 1801 - Antwerp, 1888 Oil on wood panel 72 x 56.5 cm (85 x 72 cm with frame) Not signed Old stamp on the verso Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame of the ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sergey and a friend (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys

Sergey and a friend (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys

By Michal Chelbin

Located in New York, NY

Total edition of 7 Signed and numbered, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Sailboats and Swans” is a series of portraits of prisoners in Russia ...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vania (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys

Vania (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys

By Michal Chelbin

Located in New York, NY

Total edition of 7 Signed and numbered, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Sailboats and Swans” is a series of portraits of prisoners in Russia ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Rikers Prison Sign" a limited edition photograph from Hart Island, 2023

"Rikers Prison Sign" a limited edition photograph from Hart Island, 2023

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

18"x24" limited edition historic photograph, edition 1/5. This photograph depicts ... Phillip Buehler is a New York based photographer who documents the deterioration and remnants o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

«This is not a prison» Acrylic on Canvas by Ole Fredrik Hvidsten
«This is not a prison» Acrylic on Canvas by Ole Fredrik Hvidsten

«This is not a prison» Acrylic on Canvas by Ole Fredrik Hvidsten

By Ole Fredrik Hvidsten

Located in Oslo, NO

Signed and dated. «This is not a prison» was part of O. F. Hvidsten's first solo-exhibition «This will never pass». The works comprising the exhibition is first and foremost a visu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Francis I King of France Prisoned in Madrid - Lithograph - 1862

Francis I King of France Prisoned in Madrid - Lithograph - 1862

Located in Roma, IT

Francis I King of France prisoned in Madrid Visited by Charles V is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of t...

Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The Prison - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.

The Prison - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

The Prison is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960 ca. Hand Signed on the top left. Good conditions with some short-cutting and folding on the margins. Mino Ma...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Tempera

City Prison, New Orleans, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed, Civil Rights 60s
City Prison, New Orleans, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed, Civil Rights 60s

City Prison, New Orleans, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed, Civil Rights 60s

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

City Prison, New Orleans, 1965 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a vintage gelatin silver print, signed verso (back of photo) by the photographer. It is an iconic image in th...

Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

The Pope and the Prison - China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1910
The Pope and the Prison - China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1910

The Pope and the Prison - China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1910

By Gabriele Galantara

Located in Roma, IT

The prison is an original drawing in China ink and white lead on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This artwotk presents on the back...

Category

1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

German Art Deco Wabi Sabi Naive Brown Oak Prison Cell Table and Bench, 1930s
German Art Deco Wabi Sabi Naive Brown Oak Prison Cell Table and Bench, 1930s

German Art Deco Wabi Sabi Naive Brown Oak Prison Cell Table and Bench, 1930s

Located in Berlin, DE

This German Art Deco Wabi Sabi Naive Prison cell table and bench was made in the 1930s for a Berlin Prison.

Category

Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Dining Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon

Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon

Located in Forney, TX

Yet no matter the point where it was made, whether right on the battlefield or in a hospital or in a prison, when trench art left conflict it gradually became this anonymously create...

Category

Early 20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Copper

Malcolm Morley 1969 Vintage British Pop Art Screenprint Lithograph Marine w Flag
Malcolm Morley 1969 Vintage British Pop Art Screenprint Lithograph Marine w Flag

Malcolm Morley 1969 Vintage British Pop Art Screenprint Lithograph Marine w Flag

By Malcolm Morley

Located in Surfside, FL

He had a troubled childhood—after his home was blown up by a bomb during the Blitz in World War II, his family was homeless for a time—and did not discover art until serving a three-...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Blaubart und Miss Ilsebill - Rare Book Illustrated by Johann Rabus- 1923
Blaubart und Miss Ilsebill - Rare Book Illustrated by Johann Rabus- 1923

Blaubart und Miss Ilsebill - Rare Book Illustrated by Johann Rabus- 1923

Located in Roma, IT

Rabus was deported and had to spend some time in the Vienna City Prison. After various art exhibitions organized by Hans Goltz in Munich and by Der Sturm in Berlin Rabus worked as a ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Endless Hope, original painting, contemporary, abstract
Endless Hope, original painting, contemporary, abstract

Endless Hope, original painting, contemporary, abstract

Located in Deddington, GB

Julia has also explored a wide range of craft disciplines, obtaining an MA in Comtemporary Craft, however it is in the process of painting that she finds complete absorption. Julia i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting
Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting

Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting

Located in Stockholm, SE

In 1924 Braz was arrested on false charges of buying paintings for export abroad, and espionage, and was then imprisoned for three years in Solovki prison camp, while his art collect...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

BRHHP 1, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRHHP 1, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRHHP 1, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Monoprint

BRHHP 40, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRHHP 40, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRHHP 40, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Monoprint

BRRHP 54, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRRHP 54, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRRHP 54, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

BRRHP 47, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRRHP 47, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRRHP 47, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

BRHHP 05, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRHHP 05, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRHHP 05, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

BRRHP 49, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRRHP 49, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRRHP 49, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

BRHHP 33, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRHHP 33, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRHHP 33, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

BRRHP 53, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint
BRRHP 53, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

BRRHP 53, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Toned Monoprint

By Sheila Crider

Located in Boston, MA

We made the principle cimtrex plate putting a piece of slate through the press to mimic the road and the crumbling wall of the prison. About the Artist: My art career started with c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

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A piece of prison art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,721, while the lowest priced sells for $222 and the highest can go for as much as $47,190.
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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Prison art is art made by inmates in prison, often as part of a program to develop skills and reintegrate back into society. These art pieces can also help change society’s perception of prisoners. Shop a range of prison art pieces from top sellers on 1stDibs.