Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC

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Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1972
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (15.1 × 23 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.1 × 23.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.157
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, lower right (label, typed black ink): “This print is from / IBL AB / Box 52, S-260 70 Ljungbyhed, Sweden / tel. 0435-407 65 / and should be returned.”
Verso, lower center edge (stamp, blue ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Verso, lower center edge (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Verso, lower right corner (label, black ink): [upside down] “MAG00100012- / 221”
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): “1972”
Verso, lower right (black ink): “72.20.1/27A”
Verso, lower left (red ink): “NEW YORK city: the tomBs prison.” [sic]
Verso, lower right (pencil): “-USA.”
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "LFPW-251"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "4500"
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