Freed, who enjoyed photographic storytelling, shot the X-Mas party image during a New York City office gathering: The black and white photo captures the Mad Men zeitgeist of the 1960s when men wore slim fitted suits and women with coiffed big hair let loose at parties.
Office Party, 1966 by Leonard Freed is a 9" x 13" limited edition archival pigment print in an edition of 5, signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leonard Freed's Magnum stamp verso (back of photo).
Provenance: Freed Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights movement is well-known as are his photo essays on New York, Italy, Germany, The Kate Series, among others.
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Available at 99Prints NYC an online art marketplace for today’s collector of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.
Office Party, 1966 by Leonard Freed is a 9" x 13" limited edition archival pigment print in an edition of 5, signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leonard Freed's Magnum stamp verso (back of photo).
Provenance: Freed Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights movement is well-known as are his photo essays on New York, Italy, Germany, The Kate Series, among others.
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Available at 99Prints NYC an online art marketplace for today’s collector of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.