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Drinking and cooking water for a farm in Gangi is still collected in the old way, from a spring, Sicily, Italy
Drinking and cooking water for a farm in Gangi is still collected in the old way, from a spring, Sicily, Italy
Object number2017.47.13

Drinking and cooking water for a farm in Gangi is still collected in the old way, from a spring, Sicily, Italy

Date1974
Artist (American, 1929 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (23.8 × 16.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
Terms
SignedOn verso, signed lower right corner in pencil: Leonard Freed
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hands, upper right edge in pencil: 4000 4zSCR-11.1; right edge in ink: D13; center [within stamp, vertically]: 24112; lower right edge in pencil: FLLAC2017.47.13; lower left: 74-12-186-21; typed lower center: DIST. 112/74: CROSSROADS SICILY / 74-12-186-21 Drinking and cooking water for a farm / in Gangi is still collected in the old way, from a / spring.
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper right corner in red ink: ITALY; in black ink: SICILY; stamped center in blue ink [within a rectangular outline]: MAGNUM / PHOTOGRAPHY PRINT / NEW YORK. / ___ / LOG REF. [24112] / TO BE RETURNED.; stamped lower center in black ink: © Leonard Freed/MAGNUM; stamped lower left edge: VINTAGE PRINT
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionBlack and white image of an older man using a rope and pulley system to place a bucket in water below him. He stands on a felled tree branch amidst trees and various other vegetation.
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