A Child Dresses Up on Purim, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
1954
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.3 × 20.5 cm)
Image: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Harley and Stephen Osman, Class of 1956, Tuck 1957
2013.82.19
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on reverse, in graphite, lower right: Leonard Freed; numbered, on reverse, in graphite, upper left: LFNYJ-06; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: REL 80 / 1954 NEW YORK CITY – USA (BROOKLYN); inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, upper center: Purim holiday, children dress as old men; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower center: UNIQUE; numbered, on reverse, in black ink, lower right: 54-2-24/1; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, upper right: 5000; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, lower center: VINTAGE PRINT; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, center right facing left: c [encircled] Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos Inc.; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, lower right: c [encircled] Leonard Freed-Magnum; label, on reverse, printed, upper right facing left: RELIGION / WORLD RELIGION / JUDAISM
Provenance
Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Stamford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 2013.
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