Homicide in the garage of a lavish apartment building. This had all the markings of a Mafia killing. It was explained to me that the Mafia hires skilled lawyers to advise on such things. The man had been shot three times in the back of the head. In order to convict, the state would have to find the three guns, the three men that did the killing, and then prove which of the three bullets actually killed the man, and who fired which gun, New York City

1972

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: 20.1 × 30.1 cm (7 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.166.26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Freed, Leonard. Police Work. New York, 1980: p. 57.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite inverted: 72-19-20-24; center right circled: 5; lower left: 1972- NEW YORK City, USA / VINTAGE PRINT; bottom left: Book: "Policework" p. 57 / (MURDERED IN GARAGE); bottom center: 72-19-20-24; bottom center in black ink: # 27/81 / s. 10/11; bottom right: 72-19-20/24; lower left stamped in black ink inverted: 1 104; lower right: © Leonard Freed-Magnum; bottom center: VINTAGE PRINT; bottom right stamped in red ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum

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