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Artist/Maker
Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 - 2006)
Datec. 1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Image: 9 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (24.8 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.121
Not on view
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Additional Details
Provenance
2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings
Stamp: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at middle middle in black ink.
Stamp: "Vintage Print" on verso at middle right in black ink.
Stamp: "Child Truency in England, August 1977 #77-79 / The unemployment figures are increasing in Western Europe and many school leaving children without degrees are faced with the faxt that they will not have job waiting for them. Truency, or absence from school is multiplying on many levels, either due to the fact of confusion or boredom or the anxieties attributed to their family stress. A lot of the children who "play truant" come from working class families or unskilled homes, where parents and children are suffering from boredom. Some cases are perhaps due to failure or personality intergration or the fears of bullying from teachers or other children. This problem is causing wide anxieties among the educational authorities and urban planners. / Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM Photos." on verso at middle right sideways in purple ink.
Sticker: "MAG00100714 / 298" on verso at lower left in black ink.
Sticker: Blue Sticker on verso at upper right.
Stamp: "Vintage Print" on verso at middle right in black ink.
Stamp: "Child Truency in England, August 1977 #77-79 / The unemployment figures are increasing in Western Europe and many school leaving children without degrees are faced with the faxt that they will not have job waiting for them. Truency, or absence from school is multiplying on many levels, either due to the fact of confusion or boredom or the anxieties attributed to their family stress. A lot of the children who "play truant" come from working class families or unskilled homes, where parents and children are suffering from boredom. Some cases are perhaps due to failure or personality intergration or the fears of bullying from teachers or other children. This problem is causing wide anxieties among the educational authorities and urban planners. / Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM Photos." on verso at middle right sideways in purple ink.
Sticker: "MAG00100714 / 298" on verso at lower left in black ink.
Sticker: Blue Sticker on verso at upper right.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"LFENG-53" on verso at upper left in pencil.
"EV14.23" on verso at upper right corner sideways in black pen, crossed out black marker, 3 is highlighted in blue marker.
"illeg." on verso at upper right sideways in black marker.
"EV14.2.1.5" on verso at upper right sideways in blue pen.
"Augletene" on verso at lower right sideways in black pen.
"1974" on verso at middle right sideways in pencil.
"74-18-20-27A" on verso middle middle sideways in black pen.
"Manchester, England / from the story, "school truants" / what the children do in the time / they should be in school" on verso at middle middle in pencil; "in" is crossed out and replaced with "during".
"EV14.23" on verso at upper right corner sideways in black pen, crossed out black marker, 3 is highlighted in blue marker.
"illeg." on verso at upper right sideways in black marker.
"EV14.2.1.5" on verso at upper right sideways in blue pen.
"Augletene" on verso at lower right sideways in black pen.
"1974" on verso at middle right sideways in pencil.
"74-18-20-27A" on verso middle middle sideways in black pen.
"Manchester, England / from the story, "school truants" / what the children do in the time / they should be in school" on verso at middle middle in pencil; "in" is crossed out and replaced with "during".
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