Mount Rushmore. South Dakota

1969

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

Two elderly individuals are shown from the waist up, standing side by side. The man on the left is holding a camera up to his face, while the woman on the right is looking through binoculars. The man has short gray hair and wears a light jacket with a strap across his shoulder. The woman has curly hair and is dressed casually in a jacket with a handbag on her arm. They stand in front of large glass windows reflecting Mount Rushmore's carved faces in the background. Other visitors and trees are visible through the glass, and the sky is cloudy.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.3 x 46.8 cm (12 5/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.359


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • The American Monument. New York, 1976: pl. 99.

1978

  • Lee Friedlander: Photographs. Exh. cat. Hudson River Museum. New City, 1978: pl. 84.

1989

  • Like a One-Eyed Cat: Photographs by Lee Friedlander, 1956-1987. Exh. cat. Seattle Art Museum. New York, 1989: pl. 92.

1992

  • Lee Friedlander. Exh. cat. IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez. Valencia, 1992: 62.

2005

  • Friedlander. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2005: pl. 278.

Inscriptions

center verso: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower center verso in graphite: Mt. Rushmore 1969; lower right verso in graphite: 96-16

Wikidata ID

Q64156664

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