Oriental Jewish beggars at the festival of LAG Ba'Omer, Meron, Israel

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photograph…
Oriental Jewish beggars at the festival of LAG Ba'Omer, Meron, Israel
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photograph by David Revette. For educational purposes only.
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette. © Leonard Freed / Magnum Photography
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 × 8 7/8 in. (15.3 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2014.8.39
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
Markings Stamps: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" verso lower right corner in purple ink; "EARLY PRINT" verso lower edge center in black ink.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" verso lower right corner in pencil.
Inscribed "1967 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL" verso lower left corner in pencil, presumably by artist; "67-73-30-8" verso lower left corner in pencil, presumably by artist; "LFISR-10.1" verso upper left corner in pencil, presumably by artist; "6000" verso upper right corner, in pencil, unknown hand.
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