A black-and-white photograph of an office with a bloody body on the floor, feet toward the camera, the top part of the body obscured by dark stains on it, the floor, and the wall.

[Murdered office girl, age 27, at her desk in welfare office]

Leonard Freed (1929-2006)

Date

1972
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. in graphite: [underlined] 1972 NEW YORK CITY-USA-
c. [typed on attached paper]: Murdered office girl, age 27, at her desk in welfare office. Her / ex-boyfriend, who once worked in the office, killed her with a knife / he had bought the day before. She was killed early in the morning. A / sign on the wall says "HELP".
l.c. stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT
l.r. in black ink: 72-19-13/34
l.c. signed in graphite: Leonard Freed
l.r. stamped in blue ink: ©Leonard Freed - Magnum
l.l. in blue ink [upside down]: 2.6.1
l.l. in black ink [upside down]: NYC
l.c. stamped in black ink: ©Leonard Freed - Magnum
l.r. [printed on label] [affixed upside down]: MAGNUM PHOTOS / [barcode] / PA-OR E00539110
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Brigitte Freed
Accession Number

P2019.110
Copyright

© Leonard Freed - Magnum - Brigitte Freed

Location: Off view

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