The man lay unconscious. Someone had placed a note on his chest, suggesting the police be called, New York City

1979

Leonard Freed

Associated Names
Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

The image shows two women and a stroller with a baby on a staircase, along with a man lying on the ground. The women are partly visible from the back as they go up the stairs; one is wearing a sleeveless top tucked into jeans, while the other is ahead, wearing short-sleeved clothes. The stroller has a baby looking up. A man is lying on the ground in the foreground, fully visible, wearing sunglasses, a striped shirt, and dark pants with an object on his chest. The staircase leads to a building entrance with detailed moldings on the walls and iron railings, alongside a textured brick wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.3 × 20.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.166.31

  • Series Title

    Police Work

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Freed, Leonard. Police Work. New York, 1980: p. 40.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite perpendicular: Leonard Freed; by artist, upper left in graphite perpendicular: 1979- NEW YORK City, USA / VINTAGE ARCHIVAL PRINT / UNIQUE ORIGINAL PRINTED USED / FOR BOOK: "POLICEWORK": page 40; lower right circled: 5; lower right: #77; bottom right in black ink: 79-7-29/5; on recto, by unknown hand, upper left in red pencil perpendicular: 40; bottom left embossed: © Leonard Freed; on verso, upper left stamped in black ink perpendicular: VINTAGE PRINT; lower left perpendicular: © Leonard Freed-Magnum; lower right: © Leonard Freed-Magnum

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