New City, New York

1996

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image depicts an elderly man in a partially crouched stance in a forest setting. He appears shirtless, wearing light-colored pants, with distinct facial features and short, thinning hair. The man interacts with the surrounding foliage, holding a branch in his right hand while reaching towards another branch with his left hand. The dense forest backdrop includes branches, twigs, leaves, fallen foliage, and underbrush, with sunlight filtering through the trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.8 x 37.3 cm (14 7/8 x 14 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.247

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Lee Friedlander. San Francisco, 2000: pl. 33.

2005

  • Friedlander. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2005: pl. 619.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower left in graphite: 32; lower center in graphite: New City, 1996; lower right in graphite: 1242-14

Wikidata ID

Q64156596

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