Wall Street banking, New York City

1966

Leonard Freed

Associated Names
Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

This is a photograph of a workspace environment focused on a machine. The photograph captures a high-contrast black and white scene where large office machines with slanted tops dominate the foreground. There is a geometric, patterned ceiling above, composed of square tiles that adds an industrial yet orderly feel to the space. A sense of depth is achieved in the image through the presence of multiple machines receding into the background. The lighting is bright and evenly distributed, illuminating the setting clearly and highlighting the textures and materials of the objects well.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.5 × 34.8 cm (9 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.166.9

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. 162-163.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite: T431-33 [crossed out] = OLD # / 1966 VINTAGE PRINT; bottom left: 1966 NEW YORK CITY, USA; bottom center: UNIQUE / 63-7-41-33A; bottom right: BOOK: "BLACK IN WHITE AMERICA" p. 162-163; center stamped in purple ink: LEONARD FREED / Burg. Roëllstraat 209 / AMSTERDAM-W. (HOLLAND) / TELEF. 13 47 23; center: 0237; lower center stamped in black ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum; bottom center: VINTAGE; bottom center: © Leonard Freed-Magnum

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