The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Children in Window, Harlem, NY
1972
(American, 1929–2006)
Image: 24.5 x 19.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 23.5 x 15 cm (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
© Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Leonard Freed joined Magnum Photos, an influential artist-run cooperative of photojournalists, in the same year that he captured this image.Description
Harlem was a frequent subject for the documentary photographer Leonard Freed, who was interested in the experiences of Black Americans and especially the injustices highlighted by the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He alluded to issues such as poverty and segregation in this photo by showing a group of children who look directly at the viewer, but who do so from a long and insurmountable distance through shards of shattered glass that suggest the building’s neglect.- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.473