Fritz Kortner, German-Jewish actor and stage director, Munich, West Germany

1961

Leonard Freed

Artist, American, 1929 - 2006

Brigitte Freed

Printer

Magnum Photos

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Brigitte Freed

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25 × 35.1 cm (9 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.166.36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

2004

  • Freed, Leonard. Another Life. Netherlands, 2004: p. 451.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Leonard Freed; by artist, upper right in graphite on applied Magnum label: 1961; center on applied Magnum label: 61-2-131-12; center: =OLD # 0257-12 [crossed out] 1961 VINTAGE PRINT / PRINTED BY BRIGITTE FREED 1961; lower left: Book: "DEUTSCHE JUDEN HEUTE" p. 72; bottom left: 1961 MUNCHEN, WEST GERMANY- UNIQUE / (FRITZ KORTNER); by unknown hand, top right in black ink: W. GERMANY / E8; upper right printed in black ink on applied label: FORMER WEST GERMANY; center on applied Magnum label: MAGNUM / [perpendicular] 72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036 / [stamped in purple ink: © Leonard Freed-Magnum] W Germany / Actor and theatre director / Fritz Kortner in his apartment / in Munich. / photo from the book: Deutsche / Juden heute (German Jews today) / 011 [crossed out in graphite] -2-131-12; bottom center stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT; bottom center: © Leonard Freed-Magnum

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