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Police Artist Makes Drawing with the Witness Pointing Out Detail, Police Headquarters, New York City.
Police Artist Makes Drawing with the Witness Pointing Out Detail, Police Headquarters, New York City.
Object number2016.34.27

Police Artist Makes Drawing with the Witness Pointing Out Detail, Police Headquarters, New York City.

Date1975
Artist (American, 1929 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 x 9 1/4 in. (16 x 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (20.2 x 25 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Nicholas
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, signed lower center in pencil: Leonard Freed
InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper center in pencil and ink: 75-19-6-22A / 1975 New York City / Police H.Q. / Police Artist Makes Drawing / with the Witness Point out Detail; lower center: 75-19-6-22 A; lower right: 4000 / Book: "Police Work" / 1975 NEW YORK CITY. USA Printed on a label upper left corner: LAW ENFORCEMENT / SUSPECT IDENTIFICATION / (PHOTOS. FINGER PRINTS); printed on a label at center: Magnum Photos Inc. (c) 1975 Leonard Freed / [barcode] / NYC. 1975. Police H.Q. building, police artist makes drawing with the witness pointing out detail.; printed on a label lower right: MAGNUM CONS#84147 / EVIE MCKENNA
BibliographyFreed, Leonard. Police Work.
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPhotography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024
DescriptionBlack and white image of a woman's hand pointing at a police suspect sketch held by a plainclothes officer with a gun holstered at his hip. Up on the wall are several other sketches.
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