13th Sep, 2026 14:00
OSTLICHT AUCTION at PARALLEL VIENNA
LEONARD FREED (1929–2006)
Boy playing 'tough' in the streets of Harlem, New York City 1963
€4,000 - €4,800
Buyer's premium: 20%
Start price: € 2,400
Estimate: € 4,000–4,800
English:
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989, 60.5 x 50.5 cm, in excellent condition. Magnum's "In our Time" exhibition blind stamp in the lower margin, photographer's Magnum copyright stamp on the reverse. LITERATURE Leonard Freed, Black in White America, New York 1969, p. 94.
This key work of 20th-century social documentary photography captures a moment of childhood identity formation and demonstrates vulnerability and resilience simultaneously. The large-format print was superbly printed for the legendary In-our-Time exhibition set.
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Deutsch:
Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1989, 60,5 x 50,5 cm, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Im unteren Rand Magnum-"In our Time"-Ausstellungsblindstempel, rückseitig Magnum-Copyrightstempel des Fotografen. LITERATUR Leonard Freed, Black in White America, New York 1969, S. 94.
Dieses Schlüsselwerk der sozialdokumentarischen Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts hält einen Moment kindlicher Identitätsbildung fest und suggeriert gleichzeitig Verletzlichkeit und Widerstandskraft. Der hervorragend geprintete, großformatige Abzug stammt aus dem legendären "In-our-Time"-Ausstellungsset.
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Image size: 56.6 x 38 cm
Auction: OSTLICHT AUCTION at PARALLEL VIENNA, 13th Sep, 2026
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