Harlem, New York, USA
Artist
Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 15/16 inches (34.77 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3996
SignedStamped on sheet verso, center, in blue ink: "LEONARD FREED / Burg. Roellstraat 209 / AMSTERDAM-W. (HOLLAND) / TELEF. 13 47 23";
Signed on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "leonard Freed / USA"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "1963 HARLEM-NEW YORK, USA UNIQUE VINTAGE PRINT";
On sheet verso, center left, stamped in black ink with pencil: "THIS PRINT / IS NOT TO / BE MOUNTED / OR AIRBRUSHED", "MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK. / 36137 / 36157 / 15753 18874 / LOG REF: 8898 1487 43751/ TO BE RETURNED." [all numbers except the last are crossed out in pencil].
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left corner, white label with black type and blue pen: "SUBJECT/ISSUE: C+V 12190 / ARTIST: MAGNUM / RETURN TO: GOKNAR/VOGUE/X8959"
On sheet verso, top, in pencil: "67 pics / DEEP";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "A";
On sheet verso, center right, in black pen: "49";
On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "020-32" [crossed out];
On sheet verso, center, in black pen: "014-20-32";
On sheet verso, lower left, in red pen: "Children/";
On sheet verso, lower left, white label with black type: "32-05 PEOPLE / CHILDREN, MINORITIES / D. BLACKS ALONE AGE 7-12".
On View
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DescriptionImage of a young shirtless black boy flexing his right arm; another arm is partially visible along the right edge of the frame.Exhibition HistoryHide & Seek: Picturing Childhood. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 26, 2009 – February 21, 2010, no cat.
Two boys interrupt their summer afternoon enjoying a spraying fire hydrant to pose for Leonard Freed’s camera. Raising their fists to flex a muscle and looking determinedly into the camera, the boys echo the confidence and solidarity that characterized the Black empowerment movements growing in Harlem at this time. Freed’s closeness creates a tangle of limbs coming in and out of the picture’s frame. But it’s the boy’s undeniable gaze down into the camera that arrests our eyes.
292 Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from 292 Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1995;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from 292 Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1995;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos
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Leonard Freed
1963
2005.27.3998
