Westport, Connecticut

1968

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photograph of a person holding a camera. The image captures an individual from the neck down, predominantly focusing on the act of holding a vintage box camera in a defined pose. The legs are prominently displayed against a reflective or transparent surface that creates multiple layers or shadows. The setting appears to be urban, suggested by the hard surfaces and linear shapes in the background. The overall tone is monochromatic, heightening the interplay between shadows and light.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Trellis Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.8 x 12.3 cm (7 13/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
    mount: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Bibliography

1970

  • Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait. New City, 1970: pl. 26. (2d ed. New York, 1998: pl. 28).

1992

  • Lee Friedlander. Exh. cat. IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez. Valencia, 1992: 59.

2005

  • Friedlander. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2005: pl. 195.

Inscriptions

all on mount: upper center verso in graphite: 28 (circled); upper center verso in black felt tip pen: 56/2; upper right verso stamped in black ink: K77; center verso: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander

Wikidata ID

Q64156495

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