Photo of collection object 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 from the series The Innocents — 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 from the series The Innocents, 2002. Inkjet print, printed 2012, 48 × 62" (121.9 × 157.5 cm). Anonymous gift, 1246.2012. (Photo: MoMA)

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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 from the series The Innocents

2002

Taryn Simon

American, born 1975

Photography

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Maker/Artist: Simon, Taryn
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: Inkjet print, printed 2012
Medium: inkjet, print, printed
Dimensions: 48 × 62" (121.9 × 157.5 cm)
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 1246.2012
Credit Line: Anonymous gift

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