Waiting at the airport, Amsterdam

1956

Leonard Freed

Associated Names
Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Magnum Photos

Publisher

This is a photograph of an outdoor seating area filled with metal chairs and tables. The image captures an open space densely populated with round and square tables surrounded by wire mesh chairs. The arrangement of the furniture appears random. The scene is dominated by shades of gray and the texture of the pavement contrasts with the sleek lines of the furniture. The photograph conveys a feeling of emptiness and isolation, emphasized by the uniformity and repetition of the chairs and tables.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.4 × 35.5 cm (10 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.166.35

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brigitte Freed, Garrison, NY; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, center in graphite: E9-6 [crossed out] = OLD #; center: 1956 Vintage Print / HOLLAND; lower center: 1956 AMSTERDAM. HOLLAND / - UNIQUE PRINT; top right printed in black ink on applied label: NETHERLANDS; by unknown hand, top right in blue ink on applied label: 0-8; upper center partially erased printing notes; center stamped in purple ink: LEONARD FREED / Burg. Roëllstraat 209 / AMSTERDAM-W. (HOLLAND) / TELEF. 13 47 23; center stamped in black ink: 50694; lower left: © Leonard Freed-Magnum; lower center: VINTAGE PRINT; lower right: MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK. / LOG REF: [by unknown hand in graphite: 7932] / TO BE RETURNED.

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