Simon, Taryn. LARRY MAYES Scene of arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana, Police found Mayes hiding beneath a mattress in this room, Served 18.5 years of an 80-year sentence for Rape, Robbery and Unlawful Deviate Conduct, 2002. Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum with a laminate, Sheet: 48 × 62in. (121.9 × 157.5 cm) Frame: 48 5/8 × 62 5/8 × 1 1/4in. (123.5 × 159.1 × 3.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee, 2005.31. © Taryn Simon (Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

LARRY MAYES Scene of arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana, Police found Mayes hiding beneath a mattress in this room, Served 18.5 years of an 80-year sentence for Rape, Robbery and Unlawful Deviate Conduct

2002

Taryn Simon

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Maker/Artist: Simon, Taryn
Classification: Photographs
Formatted Medium: Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum with a laminate
Medium: chromogenic, print, mounted, aluminum, laminate
Dimensions: Sheet: 48 × 62in. (121.9 × 157.5 cm) Frame: 48 5/8 × 62 5/8 × 1 1/4in. (123.5 × 159.1 × 3.2 cm)
Accession Number: 2005.31
Credit Line: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

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