2014.463: The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found . . . battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn’t seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn’t either

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.463

People

Leonard Freed, American (Brooklyn, New York 1929 - 2006 Garrison, New York)

Title

The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found . . . battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn’t seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn’t either

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1976

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349572

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

16 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso: Police Work

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

2014.463

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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