At night in a police station, the minors are set out of the cells. Mostly small-town teenage runaways, still wearing their mothers' lipstick, are picked up at night either by the police or pimps. "These girls in the picture are lucky; the pimps haven't gotten to them yet," said the fatherly officer. "They sleep the night here and in the morning we turn them over to the social workers," New York City

Provenance

Brigitte Freed, Garrison, NY; gift to NGA, 2017.

At night in a police station, the minors are set out of the cells. Mostly small-town teenage runaways, still wearing their mothers' lipstick, are picked up at night either by the police or pimps. "These girls in the picture are lucky; the pimps haven't gotten to them yet," said the fatherly officer. "They sleep the night here and in the morning we turn them over to the social workers," New York City

Freed, Leonard

1972

Accession Number

2017.166.23

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 22 × 32.9 cm (8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in.) | sheet: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Brigitte Freed