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All-Welded Joint Steel American Vintage Industrial Prison Cell Desk, circa 1950
By stewart iron works Ohio
Located in Buffalo, NY
institutional desk was originally bolted against the floor and wall of a 6 x 8 prison cell. Desk measures 36 1/2
Category
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
H 30 in W 36 in D 16 in
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
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Dining Room Sets
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in W 18.51 in D 37.8 in
The Window - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed Art, Robben Island
By Nelson Mandela
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
depicts a view of Table Mountain through the bars of a prison cell on Robben Island. In fact Table
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
reich's dream boundless energy, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Edward Zelinsky
Located in Yardley, PA
freedom to think his own thoughts. What an original! Of course he died in a prison cell... for nothing
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cell - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed Art, Robben Island
By Nelson Mandela
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
depicts the view into Nelson Mandela’s prison cell through the open cell door. The few possessions that
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
The Unholy Wife / Furia Infernale
Located in London, GB
his fortune. The story is told in a series of flashbacks from her prison cell. She really is the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Posters
Materials
Paper
Las Rinde el Sueño - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
, beggars, imprisoned, harlots, all in the same space that recalls a prison cell. The gloomy scene shows a
Category
1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
H 12.21 in W 9.06 in D 0.04 in
Windows
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
CPU
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Property Ladder
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bitcoin Farm
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
City
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Modem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Flooted Building
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Laptop
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Archival Paper
Intensive Egg Farm
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Coal Mining Collection
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stock Market
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Insecticide
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Milk Extraction
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Intensive Pig Farm
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Chicken Abattoir
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rechargeable Batteries
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Video Card
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Mobile Phones
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Tag
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Mountain Top Coal Mining
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Carcass
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Light Traffic
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pipeline Spill (Green)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nuclear Waste
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cargo
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Open Pit Diamond Mine
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Surveillance
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Factory
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foucault's panoptic prison cells, Sorenson's images recall the modular infrastructures of post-industrial
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Prison 30
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
"My paintings have a very simple vocabulary: I call the rectangles either prisons or cells, and
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Cell Block
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Huntsville, Texas, 1968
The Ramsey prison farm is set on 16,000 acres of Brazos River bottomland
Category
1960s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Six-Wing Cell Block
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Huntsville, Texas, 1968 / Printed 2011
The Ramsey prison farm is set on 16,000 acres of Brazos
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Prisoners; Juvenile Prison for Boys
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ira (Sentenced for Theft): Women’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sveta (Sentenced for Murder): Women’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sergey and a friend (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vania (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Joseph interpreting Dreams - Italian Old Master 17thC religious art oil painting
Located in London, GB
is Joseph in prison interpreting the dreams of Pharoah's Baker and Butler. The bars of the cell can
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Santé, Jail House in Paris, 1930 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
". (The cells of the condemned to the prison of La Santé. In the dungeons of this ground floor, the
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 6.54 in W 4.49 in D 0.04 in
"Seated Prisoner VI" Pencil on Paper Drawing 7.5" x 11" in by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
realities of prison life, not least for women in Nasser’s Egypt.
The ever-present cell bars became a
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
"Dinshaway Mourner II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 8" x 10" in by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
realities of prison life, not least for women in Nasser’s Egypt.
The ever-present cell bars became a
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
Dima and Maksim (Sentenced for Violence and Robbery, Brick Building Class): Juve
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Katya and Dasha (Sisters, Sentenced for Theft. Caught Stealing together with the
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
. I was later told this was a men’s prison and from that moment I wanted to see what was inside.
When
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Boy with Blue Birds”
By Agapito Labios
Located in Southampton, NY
Revolution and was put in prison. There he started painting the cell wall. The mayor of the town saw his
Category
1930s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash (Hand Signed)
By Robert Morris
Located in New York, NY
between text and art, and it is an example of Morris' preoccupation with the concept of prisons and cells
Category
1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Fine 1950's English Oil Grand Interior Room Scene Ancestral Portraits signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
building.
Part of the prison was a cell called 'the peephole', which gained a notorious reputation. There
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Courtyard - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed, Robben Island
By Nelson Mandela
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
cell looked onto on Robben Island. It was a grim wasteland where he was eventually able to cultivate
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 15.75 in W 20.08 in D 1.58 in
New Works, The Butler Institute of American Art (Hand Signed)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
New Works, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger (Hand signed)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his paintings to explore the
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter Halley, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA (Hand Signed)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter Halley, Jablonka Galerie, Köln (Hand Signed)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
the 1980s, Halley’s lexicon has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Heterotopia 2 (Hand Signed by Peter Halley)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Museum of Folkwang, Essen, Germany (Hand Signed by Peter Halley)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
era.
Since the 1980s, Halley’s lexicon has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter Halley at Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Hand Signed by Peter Halley)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
era.
Since the 1980s, Halley’s lexicon has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
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