New York City

1966

Leonard Freed

Associated Names
Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

This is a photograph depicting a police officer standing next to an individual wearing a jacket with politically charged text. The scene is set at night with a focus on the police officer and the person in the jacket. The background shows blurred lights and indistinct forms, suggesting an urban environment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 26 × 28.5 cm (10 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.166.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brigitte Freed, Garrison, NY; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite on applied Magnum label: 1966; center on applied Magnum label: =OLD #; bottom center: 1966 NEW YORK CITY. USA UNIQUE; top right stamped in brown ink and crossed out in blue ink: 37; top right applied red circular sticker; top right stamped in purple ink perpendicular: US42; center printed in black ink on applied Magnum label: MAGNUM / [perpendicular] 72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036 / © Leonard Freed-Magnum USA / Counter demonstration at a demonstra- / tion against the war in Vietnam / in New York City / T 435-18 [crossed out in graphite]; center stamped in black ink partially visible: LEONARD FREED / Burg. Roëllstraat 209 / AMSTERDAM-W. (HOLLAND) / TELEF. 13 47 23; bottom right: VINTAGE PRINT; bottom right: © Leonard Freed-Magnum

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