id: 78979 accession number: 2015.408 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.408 updated: 2024-03-26 01:55:47.412000 Memorial Service, Tegernsee, W. Germany, 1965. Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 16.3 x 24.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2015.408 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos title: Memorial Service, Tegernsee, W. Germany title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1965 creation date earliest: 1965 creation date latest: 1965 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Vintage gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006) - artist Born in Brooklyn to Jewish, working-class parents of Eastern European descent, Leonard Freed (1929–2006) went to Europe to become a painter but instead discovered photography. After studying the medium in New York City, he worked as a documentary photographer and photojournalist in Europe. In 1972 he joined Magnum, the celebrated collaborative photo agency. Freed’s photographs in this exhibition are from Black in White America, a series inspired by an experience he had while covering the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. As he photographed an African American soldier guarding the border, it struck Freed that this man was risking his life to defend a country that limited his own rights. Freed returned to New York to undertake a multiyear exploration of African American life. Freed began shooting around New York, and then traveled extensively throughout the South. He spent time in communities getting to know his subjects, and kept a journal recording his impressions and their stories and words. During these years, he also covered Martin Luther King Jr. and numerous civil rights events, but when Freed published Black in White America in 1968, the book focused instead on the fabric of daily life. As a photojournalist, Freed was an observer rather than a participant, but not an impartial one. He believed that “photography is about who you are. It’s the seeking of truth in relation to yourself.” --- measurements: Image: 16.3 x 24.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "LFWG-10.2" Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "Notice (underlined)/Photographs must be credited to the photographer and/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs may not be cropped/or altered in any way without prior written approval by(underlined)/MAGNUM PHOTOS (underlined). Photographs consigned by/MAGNUM PHOTOS for your possible use may not be (underlined)/scanned (underlined) without the express written permission of/MAGNUM PHOTOS./VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN/FINES AT A MINIMUM OF 100% OF THE USAGE FEE." Imprinted in black type on paper label on verso: "MAGNUM/72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036/© Leonard Freed-Magnum (stamped in purple ink) W Germany (imprinted in black type and scribbled out with black marker) Written in blue ink on white adhesive dot on paper label: 12 Written in pencil on paper label: 1965 Imprinted in black type on paper label: Tegernsee. 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: 'eighty-four/years of live and a house she possessed.'/photo and text from the book:/'Made in Germany' S 156-17 Inscription written in pencil on verso, scribbled out with black marker Written in black marker on verso: "Death" Written in pencil on verso: "1965 West -Germany" Written in pencil on verso: "65-52-2-17" Stamped in black ink on verso: "VINTAGE PRINT" Written in blue pencil on verso: "Photo 8-4" Stamped in black ink on verso: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" Imprinted in black type on white paper label on verso: "(bar code) S00094344_d FRL1965052 W 00002/17 PAR129204/© Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos/WEST GERMANY/WEST GERMANY. Town of Tegernsee. 1965./A little cemetery on a hill where one may enter and pay homage to recent dead who lie 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 village natives from newcomers, refugees from the East, and retired businessmen. Newcomers are buried outside the cemetery./No photograph or digital file may be reproduced, cropped or modified (digitally or otherwise) and its caption may not be altered without prior written/agreement from Magnum or a Magnum representative." Imprinted text partially obscured by white paper label adhered to verso: "FRL6552w2/17 DEA 02FRL001+001/Tegernsee. Germany 1965 Cemetery, dead woman behind/ glass partition, woman in doorway." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES