Be'er Sheva, a Moroccan Jew carries a holiday branch, Israel
1962

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 26 × 36.6 cm (10 1/4 × 14 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2017.166.39
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Brigitte Freed, Garrison, NY; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1984
Freed, Leonard. La Danse des Fidèles. Paris, 1984: p. 70.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center left in black ink on applied Magnum label: 1962; center on applied Magnum label: 67-9-11-6 / FRL67009W00011/06; center in graphite: UNIQUE / 67-9-11-6; bottom left: 1962 BEER SHEBA. ISRAEL; top left stamped in purple ink: MD. 9.8.1.; center printed in black ink on applied Magnum label: MAGNUM / [perpendicular] 72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036 / [stamped in purple ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum] Israel / Jewish man is carrying home / a[n] apple tree twig from the / market in Beer Sheba. / M 93-6 [crossed out]; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Beersheba; lower center stamped in black ink: PRINTED BY / BRIGITTE FREED / BETWEEN 1957 / AND 1975; bottom center: VINTAGE PRINT; bottom right: © Leonard Freed-Magnum