New York

1970s

Jill Freedman

Associated Names
Jill Freedman

Artist, American, 1939 - 2019

This is a photograph of an individual holding an American flag in front of a police barricade. The photograph captures a scene where the individual is positioned behind a wooden police line barrier, with the small American flag held up in front of their face, obscuring it completely. The image is in black and white. There is a natural setting in the background, with bare trees and foliage. The scene also includes part of a bench and figures in the background, sitting on a bench.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.5 × 15 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.53.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jill Freedman; (La Galerie Rouge, Paris); NGA purchase, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 15; center left stamped in black ink: © PHOTOGRAPH / JILL FREEDMAN / 181 SULLIVAN STREET / NEW YORK, N. Y. 10012 / [phone number]; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 117

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