New City, New York

1971

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows four people clustered closely together, capturing their upper bodies. On the left is a man with slicked-back dark hair, wearing a button-up shirt over a t-shirt. Next is a young girl in the center with an arm draped above her head, wearing a sleeveless dress. To her right is a boy laying back with his arm above his head, dressed in a plaid button-up shirt. In the foreground is a woman with curly hair and glasses, resting her head on the others. The background shows a corner of a room with a tall floor lamp, partially closed floral curtains, and a wooden cabinet with books and bottles atop it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 x 28.6 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.307


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Maria: Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Washington and London, 1992: pl. 15.

2004

  • Lee Friedlander: Family. San Francisco, 2004: pl. 31.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower center in graphite: Family 1971; lower right in graphite: 437-26

Wikidata ID

Q64156740

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