- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2013.150
- People
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Leonard Freed, American (Brooklyn, New York 1929 - 2006 Garrison, New York)
- Title
- Suspects checked for possession of guns
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1976
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/349581
- Physical Descriptions
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- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: on verso, l.l., in graphite: Leonard Freed
- inscription: on verso, in graphite: Leonard Freed / "Police Work" / 1972 New York City, USA. / A Police raid in a "shooting gallery" where drug addicts get together to shoot up -- place is a ruined bldg. taken over by addicts and pushers. Harlem, NYC.
- stamp: on verso: copyright Leonard Freed - Magnum
- stamp and inscription: on verso: VINTAGE PRINT / 72-19-49-31A
- stamp: on verso, in red ink: Photograph by Leonard Freed / Copyright Magnum Photos
- Provenance
- Private collection, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2013
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Copyright
- © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
- Accession Year
- 2013
- Object Number
- 2013.150
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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