As they pulled him out of the river I could see that his face was gone. He had been in about two weeks – All Works – eMuseum

Leonard Freed

(American, 1929 - 2006)

As they pulled him out of the river I could see that his face was gone. He had been in about two weeks, 1976

Vintage gelatin silver print

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Philip A. Bernstein and Luisa Recalcati, 2017.104

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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Published ReferencesIllustrated: Leonard Freed: Police Work, pl. 60 variant

DimensionsSheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Image: 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.8 × 15.9 cm)

Accession Number 2017.104

Classificationsphotograph

SignedLeonard Freed (l,r verso in pencil)

InscriptionsLF-PW-190 7500 (u,l verso in pencil); 79-7-106-25 (center verso in black ink)

Marks© Leonard Freed-Magnum (center verso stamp in blue ink);

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