New Orleans, Louisiana

1965

Leonard Freed

Associated Names
Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

The image shows four women from their waists up, gathered closely on a sidewalk. The two women on the left are elderly and engaged in conversation. They wear lace veils over their hair, one with short curly hair peeking through, and both wear glasses and patterned coats. The two women on the right are dressed in knit sweaters and headscarves. One woman holds a large wrapped package and a purse, while the other holds a smaller wrapped package. The background shows a blurred urban setting with a reflective glass window, a palm tree, and a partially visible person in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.5 × 35 cm (9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.166.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Freed, Leonard. Black in White America. New York, 1969: p. 24-25.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite: 1965 NEW ORLEANS, USA / 1965 VINTAGE PRINT / R232-6 [crossed out] =OLD #; lower left: BOOK: "BLACK IN WHITE AMERICA" p. 24-25; bottom center: 63-23-10-6; bottom right: =UNIQUE / PRINT; upper left printed in black ink on applied label: Wel[illegible]llung der Photographie / Liefer-Nr. [by unknown hand in blue ink: 17/9] / Vergrößerung: / [by unknown hand in graphite: B 81 cm / H 56 cm] / Katalog-Nr. [by unknown hand in black ink: 272] / Seite: / Format: / Photograph: / [by unknown hand in blue ink: 237 Freed]; center stamped in purple ink: LEONARD FREED / Burg. Roëllstraat 209 / AMSTERDAM-W. (HOLLAND) / TELEF. 13 47 23; center: 0237; bottom right stamped in black ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum / VINTAGE PRINT

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