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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.460
People
Leonard Freed, American (Brooklyn, New York 1929 - 2006 Garrison, New York)
Title
The girl had been shouting abuse. Now she was handcuffed to a chair in an empty room. An officer looked in and said, “Too hot to handle.”
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1976
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349565

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
16.1 x 23.6 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, black ink: New York City Back Room in police station, 1979./Police Work

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.460
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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