id: 291422 accession number: 2016.485 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.485 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:52.204000 Crowd at Pinar with fists raised. Blas Pinar, the leader of the neo-fascist group the "Fuerza Nueva," which was founded under the Franco regime, held his last mass rally in Madrid before 30,000 followers assembled in a bullring. He and other speakers attacked the Government as traitors, "the Communists as Assassins" and affirmed that as long as Franco's memory was kept alive by their party fervor and loyalty, that although "Franco is dead, his work lives on in us." Throughout the night they chanted slogan of "Government-listen. Spain will not surrender" and proclaimed Franco-Franco-Franco, while demonstrators gave the Roman sign of "thumbs down" whenever speakers mentioned anything to do with Communists. Madrid, Spain, June 10, 1977, 1977. Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 22.9 x 15.3 cm (9 x 6 in.); paper: 23.8 x 17 cm (9 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.485 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos title: Crowd at Pinar with fists raised. Blas Pinar, the leader of the neo-fascist group the "Fuerza Nueva," which was founded under the Franco regime, held his last mass rally in Madrid before 30,000 followers assembled in a bullring. He and other speakers attacked the Government as traitors, "the Communists as Assassins" and affirmed that as long as Franco's memory was kept alive by their party fervor and loyalty, that although "Franco is dead, his work lives on in us." Throughout the night they chanted slogan of "Government-listen. Spain will not surrender" and proclaimed Franco-Franco-Franco, while demonstrators gave the Roman sign of "thumbs down" whenever speakers mentioned anything to do with Communists. Madrid, Spain, June 10, 1977 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1977 creation date earliest: 1977 creation date latest: 1977 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos --- culture: America 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: 22.9 x 15.3 cm (9 x 6 in.); Paper: 23.8 x 17 cm (9 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in blue ink on verso: “PAR 120/77-2” Stamped in red ink on verso: “ESPAGNE 1977” Imprinted in purple ink on verso: “Act of National Affirmation” by Fuerza Nueva, Madrid 10 June 77 #77-53/The leader of the neo-fascist group the “Fuerza Nueva” Mr. Blas Pinar, which was/founded under the Franco regime, held his last mass rally in Mardrid before 30,000/followers assembled in a bullring. He and other speakers attacked the Government/as traitors, “the Communists as Assassins” and affirmed that as long as Franco’s/memory was kept alive by their party fervor and loyalty, that although “Franco is/dead, his work lives on in us”. Throughout the night they chanted slogans of/”Government-listen. Spain Will Not Surrender” and proclaimed Franco-Franco-Franco,/while demonstrators gave the Roman sign of “thumbs down” whenever speakers mentioned/anything to do with Communism./Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM” Written in pencil on verso: “1977 Spain” Stamped in black ink on verso: “VINTAGE PRINT” Stamped in black ink on verso: “© Leonard Freed-Magnum” Written in pencil on verso: “LFSP-11.4 3000” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES