Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"

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Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"
Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.2 × 24.5 cm) Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.2 × 24.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2014.7.13
Not on view
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Provenance 2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamps: "55954" on verso center in red ink; "MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK / LOG REF.___ / TO BE RETURNED." on verso under sticker; "[copyright] Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower right in blue ink; "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at lower right in black in; "[copyright] Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower center in black ink.

Label: White label with printed text "Magnum Photos, Inc. (c)1972 Leonard Freed / [bar code] FRL72019W9/35A LAW 82FRL016+001 / Harlem, NY. 1972. Shop keeper mudered in holdup. Small / change is still in the register" on verso.
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): "Leonard Freed"
Inscribed "U 27" on verso at upper left in pencil; "law enforcement" on verso at upper right in black marker; "File [arrow][pointing at a sticker] LAW ENFORCEMENT / PEOPLE DEAD & INJURED / (VICTIMS)" on verso at upper left in pencil; "Harlem - shop keeper murdered in / holdup (shot). small change is / still in the register" on verso at upper right in black marker; "87292" on verso at center in blue pen; "Gallic [?] / Crime #1 / 9 1/2" x 5 3/4 / HOLD IN P.E." on verso at right side in marker; "C2 85862" on verso at center in marker; "72-19-19-135A" on verso at lower right in pen; "[sideways] 368-C-79" on verso at right side in pencil; "[sideways] 86505KM" on verso at lower right side in pen; "72-19-19-35A" on verso at lower right corner in pencil; "[circled] 3A" on verso at lower center in red color pencil; ".13 .18" on verso at upper left under a sticker in pencil; "Book = 'Police Work' " on verso at lower left in pencil; "[sideways] 6000" on verso at lower left corner in pencil; "1972 Harlem, New York. USA" on verso at lower left corner in pencil.
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© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
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