A Harlem Book Shop, New York
Artist
Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 - 2006)
Dateca. 1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 15/16 inches (34.93 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3997
SignedSigned on sheet verso, left edge, in pencil.
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, white label with black and blue type and black pen: "MAGNUM / 15 West 48 Street, New York, New York 10036 / © Leonard Freed-Magnum / New York City, A Harlem book shop. / 63-3-12-17"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in black pen: "[illeg.] / 67 1/2 [illeg.];
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "U.S. 32".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of people wearing signs as they stand in profile on a sidewalk in front a bookstore.ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA;
Purchased from Lee Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Lee Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos
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Leonard Freed
1963
2005.27.3998
