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Artist/Maker
Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1965
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.2 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2014.8.47
Not on view
DescriptionVintage print. "On the hill a little cemetery where one may enter and pay homage to the recent dead lying behind a glass partition. The caretaker, in his old German handwriting, has placed a card for those who care: '84 years of life and a house she possessed.' Between the crosses, a wall separates the village natives from newcomers, refugees from the East, and retired businessmen. Newcomers are buried outside the cemetery." (SOURCE: "Made in Germany")
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Additional Details
Provenance
2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
Markings
Stamp: "©Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower right corner in black ink.
Labels: "Magnum [logo in gray] "W Germany" on verso at upper left in black ink; "72 West 45 Street, New York, New York, 10036 [sideways]" on verso in black ink; "©Leonard Freed/ Magnum Photos [text description]" on verso in black ink.
Labels: "Magnum [logo in gray] "W Germany" on verso at upper left in black ink; "72 West 45 Street, New York, New York, 10036 [sideways]" on verso in black ink; "©Leonard Freed/ Magnum Photos [text description]" on verso in black ink.
Published References
MADE IN GERMANY (New York: Grossman, 1970), fig. 48
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"Death-Funerals"[underlined] at upper center on verso in black ink; "LFWG-10.1 " at upper right corner on verso in pencil; "81.5%"[upside down in circle] on verso in pencil; '1965 WEST-Germany" at bottom left corner on verso in pencil; "AP 785" at upper right corner on verso in pencil; "VINTAGE PRINT" at lower center on verso in black ink; "82"[in half-cirlce] at upper right corner in verso; "9 5/8 to 7 7/8 4500" at upper right corner on verso in pencil.
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