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A black-and-white photograph of an office with a bloody body on the floor, feet toward the camera, the top part of the body obscured by dark stains on it, the floor, and the wall.
A black-and-white photograph of an office with a bloody body on the floor, feet toward the camera, the top part of the body obscured by dark stains on it, the floor, and the wall.
A black-and-white photograph of an office with a bloody body on the floor, feet toward the camera, the top part of the body obscured by dark stains on it, the floor, and the wall.
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[Murdered office girl, age 27, at her desk in welfare office]

Leonard Freed (1929-2006)

Object Details

  • Date

    1972

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.
    Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.l. in graphite: [underlined] 1972 NEW YORK CITY-USA-

    c. [typed on attached paper]: Murdered office girl, age 27, at her desk in welfare office. Her / ex-boyfriend, who once worked in the office, killed her with a knife / he had bought the day before. She was killed early in the morning. A / sign on the wall says "HELP".

    l.c. stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT

    l.r. in black ink: 72-19-13/34

    l.c. signed in graphite: Leonard Freed

    l.r. stamped in blue ink: ©Leonard Freed - Magnum

    l.l. in blue ink [upside down]: 2.6.1

    l.l. in black ink [upside down]: NYC

    l.c. stamped in black ink: ©Leonard Freed - Magnum

    l.r. [printed on label] [affixed upside down]: MAGNUM PHOTOS / [barcode] / PA-OR E00539110

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Accession Number

    P2019.110

  • Copyright

    © Leonard Freed - Magnum - Brigitte Freed

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