Arizona

1993

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image displays a man leaning against a large cactus. He has short hair and is wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt with buttons. The man's face is partially shaded by the cactus's branches. The background shows bare branches against a light sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.9 x 37.5 cm (14 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.216

More About this Artwork

Article:  Sentinels and Sprawl: Photographs of the Saguaro Cactus

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Lee Friedlander. San Francisco, 2000: pl. 1.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower left in graphite: 1; lower center in graphite: Arizona 1993; lower right in graphite: 1053-3

Wikidata ID

Q64156560

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