Children playing in the square in front of the Guernica City Hall, in the background a reproduction of the Picasso painting, Guernica, Spain

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Children playing in the square in front of the Guernica City Hall, in the background a reproduction of the Picasso painting, Guernica, Spain
Children playing in the square in front of the Guernica City Hall, in the background a reproduction of the Picasso painting, Guernica, Spain
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.110
Not on view
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Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "'Guernica' 40 years after its devastation, April 26, 1977. Spain. 77-24 / It was 40 years ago on the 26th April 1937 that planes of Hitler's "Condor / Legion" destroyed the Sacred town of the Basques "Guernica" on the Bay of Biscay / near Bilbao. German Heinkele and Junker planes set the town ablaze with their / incendiary bombs, but the following day Franco's propaganda machine spread the / rumour that the town had been burnt by its inhabitants rather than deliver it to / the enemy. For the first time the authorities have allowed a mass memorial / reunion for the survivors of the bombing and machine gun firing squads. Its / present 19,000 inhabitants have not forgotten their tragic history. School - / children of the Bilbao art school made a full scale reproduction of Picasso's / "Guernica" mural and displayed it in front of the city hall. / Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM" on verso at center in purple ink.
Stamp: "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at bottom center in black ink.
Stamp: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at bottom right corner in black ink.
Stamp: "Photo 1. (10/23a) children playing in the square in front of the Guernica / City Hall, in the background a reproduction of the Picasso painting" on verso at bottom center in purple ink.
Sticker: "PALAUTETAAN / Suomen Kuvapalvelu Oy / Hietalahdenranta 13, / 00180 Helsinki 18" on verso at bottom center.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "LFSP-40.4" on verso at bottom left corner in pencil.
"1977 GUERNICA, SPAIN." on verso at center in pencil. "1977" is underlined.
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