Crowd playing chess in park, Paris

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Crowd playing chess in park, Paris
Crowd playing chess in park, Paris
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1978
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.2 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 8 in. × 10 1/16 in. (20.3 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2021.12.112
Not on view
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, top left (black ink stamp): "France / Paris"
Verso, top center (black ink stamp): "VINTAGE PRINT"
Verso, center (purple ink stamp): "© Leonard Freed-Magnum"
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): "Leonard Freed"
Inscribed Verso, top left (black ink): "D-2-c2"
Verso, top center (pencil): "78-5-29-36"
Verso, top right (pencil): "1978 PARIS - FRANCE"
Verso, center (black ink): "PARIS, FRANCE"
Verso, center right (pencil): "59981"
Verso, center (pencil): "78-5-29-36"
Verso, bottom right (pencil): "LFFR-96"
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