Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC

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Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC
Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1978
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (15.7 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.158
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, upper right corner (label, printed black ink): “MAG00100005 / 191”
Verso, center (stamp, black ink): “Photograph By / Leonard Freed / © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / 15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C. 10035.”
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, lower right (stamp, black ink): “TIRAGE ARCHIVE MAGNUM PHOTOS / 20 rue des Grands Augustins, 75006 PARIS / EPREUVE à RENDRE / N˚ / MAGNUM PARIS LIBRARY / PRINT TO BE RETURNED”
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Inscribed Verso, upper left edge (black marker): “NY 2.6.2”
Verso, upper right corner (pencil): “NYC”
Verso, center (black ink): [upside down] “78-9-44-12”
Verso, center right (black ink): “1978”
Verso, center right (black ink): “New YoRk city, 9th police pRecinct” (sic)
Verso, center right (blue ink): “BACK ROOM”
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): "LFPW-255"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): "4500"
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