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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.462
People
Leonard Freed, American (Brooklyn, New York 1929 - 2006 Garrison, New York)
Title
An officer told me, “I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink’ she doesn’t want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit.”
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1976
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349571

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
15.5 x 22.9 cm (6 1/8 x 9 in.)
sheet: 17.8 x 23.9 cm (7 x 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, mimeo: a drunken alcoholic sprawled on the sidewalk resisting help from friends, as a NY policeman watches.
    verso, pencil, l.l.: 1979 New York City. USA

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.462
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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