Kate #17 by Leonard Freed, Female Nude Series, 2002, Black-and-White Photography of Nudes

Leonard Freed's Kate #17, 2002, is stamped (Freed's Magnum sticker) on verso back of photograph sized 13" x 19". From the Kate series, the digital print features model Kate and friend of the model. A photograph whimsical, aesthetic and comedic, Freed captures the playfulness and sensuality of two self-possessed young women. A photographer herself, Kate and friend are complicit in striking dramatic poses for the photographer. For the image Kate and female friend pose provocatively against a gritty NYC graffiti backdrop - in the background a cartoonish character's eyes are popping out of his head.Provenance: Freed Estate***Artist’s Bio:Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-6