Las Vegas

1970

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows a woman standing upright in front of a wall with a window light casting a rectangular shadow across her body. The woman has dark hair tied back and is wearing light-colored underwear. Behind her, the room appears dim with an open closet to her left and a wall-mounted radiator near the door with a garment hanging on it. A framed picture is visible on the wall to her right. The bed in front of her is unmade, with crumpled sheets and blankets, adding texture to the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 x 30.6 cm (8 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.298

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1992

  • Maria: Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Washington and London, 1992: pl. 18.

1999

  • Ollman, Arthur. The Model Wife. Boston, 1999: 153.

2004

  • Lee Friedlander: Family. San Francisco, 2004: pl. 17.

2005

  • Friedlander. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2005: pl. 374.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower center in graphite: Maria Las Vegas 1970; lower right in graphite: 55-35

Wikidata ID

Q64156748

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