A police officer and family pose in their fishing boat, parked in their yard, Long Island, New York

1979

Leonard Freed

Associated Names
Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

The image shows four people standing next to and leaning on a small motorboat, which is sitting on a trailer in a driveway. All four people are visible from the waist up. Starting from the left, a woman with short hair is wearing a light-colored short-sleeved shirt. Next to her is a young boy with short hair, wearing a crew-neck shirt. Beside the boy, a man is standing with his arm resting on the boat, wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt, jeans, and a cap with a striped pattern. The final person on the right is a woman with short hair, who is also leaning on the boat, wearing a sleeveless top and holding a fishing rod. The boat is a light color with a Johnson outboard motor attached at the back, and there are several fishing rods and gear visible inside. The background includes trees and bushes, with a house and part of the driveway visible, alongside a classic car parked in the distance on the left side of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image: 20 × 30.2 cm (7 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.166.18


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Freed, Leonard. Police Work. New York, 1980: p. 112.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite inverted: 79-7-14/25A; lower right circled: 5; bottom left: Book: "Police WORK" p.112 / 1979 NEW YORK, USA; bottom center: UNIQUE; bottom right in black ink: 79-7-14/25A; upper center printed in black ink on applied paper: 112. A police officer and family pose in their fishing boat, parked in / their yard.; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink on applied paper: (Lilian Grant & kids, Fam. [illegible] Det. Jim Grant); lower left stamped in black ink: 1 103; bottom center stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT; bottom right stamped in red ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum


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