Paris

1997

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows an older man lying down with his head tilted to the side against an old-fashioned rotary telephone. The man appears to be bald and possibly unclothed. An alarm clock reading 5:10 and set for 5:50, as well as a pair of glasses, are on the bedside table next to him. The background includes a patterned headboard and a lamp.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.8 x 37.5 cm (14 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.267

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Lee Friedlander. San Francisco, 2000: pl. 52.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower left in graphite: 52; lower center in graphite: Paris 97; lower right in graphite: 1271-1

Wikidata ID

Q64156619

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