A known drug dealer shows the knife wounds he had received in pursuit of his street trading. In this district the streets are so dangerous that the police officer carries two guns and a switch-blade knife. The small opera glasses are used to watch drug dealers from a distance, New York City

1978

Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image: 20 × 29.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.166.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Freed, Leonard. Police Work. New York, 1980: p. 1.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite inverted: 78--5-16/29A; center right underlined: 5; lower left: 1978- NEW YORK (USA) / VINTAGE PRINT / Book: "Policework" p.1 UNIQUE; center printed in black ink on applied paper: 1. The drug pusher showed his knife wounds from past battles. "I'm / still alive," he said. "You can never have enough fire power," the / officer said.; lower left stamped in black ink inverted: 1 100; lower center: VINTAGE PRINT; by unknown hand, lower right in black ink: II 27/8^ / S. 19; bottom right: 78-9-16/29A; bottom right stamped in red ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum

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