Crowd Observes Dead Body in Open Casket, Romania
Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
1989
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (15.8 × 23.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.4 × 25.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jamie Osman Handwerker and Haim Handwerker
2014.108.14
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, dated, situated, and with copyright stamp and “Vintage Print” stamp and annotated “Unique” on verso. Signed, on reverse, in graphite, lower right: Leonard Freed; numbered, on reverse, in graphite, upper left: LF ROM-03; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: 1989 ROMANIA -89-14-68-13A; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: UNIQUE; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, upper right facing left: 5000; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, lower left: VINTAGE PRINT; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, lower right: c [encircled] Leonard Freed-Magnum
Provenance
Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Stamford, Connecticut; lent to present collection, 2014; Jamie Osman Handwerker and Haim Handwerker, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2014.
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