Object number2015.31.9.7
In the police headquarters photo identification sector. The machine makes a composite photo from various human head characteristics
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Police Work
Date1976
Artist
Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in. (15.8 x 24 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (20.2 x 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (20.2 x 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, signed, lower right corner in pencil: Leonard Freed
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower center in red grease pencil: PH/WORCHEL 7E 55% 28x20;
on verso, center in pencil: 75-19-12/36 / 63887[circled]; lower center: 75-19-12-36; lower left: 5000 / Book: "Police Work" / 1975 NEW YORK CITY. USA;
by unidentified hand, upper center in red ink: POLICE WORK; right edge in red ballpoint ink: 7E[circled]; lower center in pencil: 39002 40992[each crossed out] / 38433 43119[circled]
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper left in ink: © Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos, Inc. / BOOK PRINTS; stamped center: 51361; stamped lower center [within box]: MAGNUM / PHOTOGRAPHY PRINT / NEW YORK / LOG REF. / TO BE RETURNED.; stamped: VINTAGE PRINT; stamped lower right corner: © Leonard Freed-Magnum
BibliographyLeonard Freed - Police Work. 2020. London: Reel Art Press, p. 72Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPhotography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024DescriptionBlack and white image of an office room with a screen with two partial men's faces on it as the image glitches. Underneath the screen is a label reading "N.Y.C. POLICE DEPARTMENT and a back of a person, holding a series of photographs, is partially visible in the left side of the frame.
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Leonard Freed
1975
Culture: American
Leonard Freed
1976
Culture: American
