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Sing Sing Prison Art
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Facility, a maximum-security prison in Ossining, New York, as part of a rehabilitation program that fosters
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid-Century Prison Art Box from Cigarette Packs
Located in Forney, TX
A rare vintage prison art box, mid-20th century, colorful round folk art box with removable lid
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
Prison Rose
By Jacques Grange
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful painting by the artist Jacques Grange
Work signed by the artist.
A real favorite!
His artistic approach is mainly based on a rejection or rather an oversight of his initial...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Prison Whitout Bars I
Located in Porto, 13
This captivating self-portrait emerges, revealing a man of profound introspection and artistic fervor. Positioned at the heart of the canvas, the artist gazes directly at the viewer ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
The prison guard's wife
Located in Wien, 9
-Hungarian Empire who primarily worked in Paris. The scene shows the wife of a prison guard holding their
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19: Prison Ship
Located in Columbia, MO
love of drawing and the art of engraving at a young age and perfected his passion over the years
Category
1820s Naturalistic Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
1960s California Prison Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique California state prison sign that reads "KEEP OUT CALIFORNIA STATE PROPERTY". Yellow
Category
Vintage 1960s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Prison Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage metal road sign for a United States Prison. Sign is letting the car know that they are
Category
Vintage 1950s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Regina Coeli Prison, Rome - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Regina Coeali Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nadia (Sentenced for Narcotics): Women’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Nadia (Sentenced for Narcotics): Women’s Prison
Ukraine
2010
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Masha (Sentenced for Narcotics): Women’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Masha (Sentenced for Narcotics): Women’s Prison
Ukraine
2010
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vania (Sentenced for Murder): Men’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Vania (Sentenced for Murder): Men’s Prison
Ukraine
2010
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lena and Katya; Juvenile Prison for Girls
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Lena and Katya; Juvenile Prison for Girls
Ukraine
2009
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Photo of Prison Carinola - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison Carinola is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Project for a Prison - Spoleto - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Project for a Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Working - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Working is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Treviso - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Treviso is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Anne Bankroft in "Prison" - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anne Bankroft in "Prison" in is an vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prison Visit by Alain Le Garsmeur
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
Prison Visit by Alain Le Garsmeur
A prisoner with his visiting children in Tegucigalpa main prison
Category
1980s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
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
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
Johnny Cash at Levenworth Prison
Located in Austin, TX
Kansas.
The prison has held some notorious figures during its storied history including former
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Leonor Fini - Prisonners - Original Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Prisonners - Original Lithograph
The Flowers of Evil
1964
Conditions: excellent
Category
1960s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Johhny Cash at Folsom Prison
By Jim Marshall
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Johnny Cash getting off bus at Folsom Prison for the historic performance in 1968. Photograph is
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Yana (Sentenced for Theft): Juvenile Prison for Girls
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Yana (Sentenced for Theft): Juvenile Prison for Girls
Ukraine
2009
Signed and numbered, verso
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sergey (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Sergey (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys
Russia
2009
Signed and numbered, verso
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nastya (Wouldn’t reveal her Crime): Women’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Nastya (Wouldn’t reveal her Crime): Women’s Prison
Ukraine
2010
Signed and numbered, verso
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Photo of Prison - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia (Rome) - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Women's Rights - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Women's Rights is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Poggio Reale - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Poggio Reale is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Elfino Mortati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Elfino Mortati is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prison Folk Art Matchstick Model Boat Ship Maritime Night Light Sculpture 31"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century three tiered prison folk art / tramp art model steam boat sculpture. Upcycled cardboard
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
H 19.25 in W 8.5 in D 31 in
Skarhod (Sentenced for Man Slaughter and Cannibalism): Men’s Prison
By Michal Chelbin
Located in New York, NY
Skarhod (Sentenced for Man Slaughter and Cannibalism): Men’s Prison
Ukraine
2008
Signed and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Category
20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Angela Faramo - Vice President of Palermian Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angela Faramo - Vice President of Palermian Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Badu 'e Carros - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Badu 'e Carros is a vintage black and white photograph realized in
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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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- What is prison art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Prison 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.
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