An officer once said to me that he always worried about his family at home. Who, he wondered, protected them while he worked nights? It made him diligent, New York City
1978
Leonard Freed
Artist, American, 1929 - 2006
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 30.4 × 20.6 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
sheet: 35.3 × 28 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.166.34
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Brigitte Freed, Garrison, NY; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1980
Freed, Leonard. Police Work. New York, 1980: p. 29.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite perpendicular: 78-9-49/15; lower left: 1978-NEW YORK, USA / ARCHIVAL PRINT / BOOK "Police work" p. 29; lower right circled: 5; bottom center: UNIQUE; bottom right in black ink: 78-9-49/15; center left printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: 29. An officer once said to me that he was always worried about his family / at home. Who, he wondered, protected them while he worked / nights? It made him diligent.; lower center stamped in black ink perpendicular: 1 100; lower right stamped in red ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum; bottom center stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT