Cape Cod, Massachusetts

1968

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photograph of a person laying on grass, viewed from a seated perspective. The image shows legs in the foreground connected by shorts. In the mid and background, a person is lying on their back on the grass, with their eyes closed, face upwards toward the sky. The grass appears dry and sunlit. The photograph is black and white, capturing the contrast between shadows and highlights vividly.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 13.2 x 20 cm (5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
    mount: 28.1 x 35.6 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.159

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2004

  • Lee Friedlander: Family. San Francisco, 2004: pl. 75.

Inscriptions

all on mount: center verso: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander / 5; center right verso in black felt tip pen: 58/32

Wikidata ID

Q64156439

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