Fort Lee, New Jersey

1972

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image displays a woman seated on the left side. She is reclining in a chair, with her legs crossed and extended onto an ottoman. She has long dark hair and wears glasses. She is dressed in a floral patterned long-sleeve shirt and has a neutral expression. In front of her is a wooden table with a glass vase and a smaller decorative glass bowl on a lace doily. The background includes a classic television set with framed photographs atop it, along with a plant. The room has a domestic and cozy atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.5 x 26.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.296


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Maria: Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Washington and London, 1992: pl. 21.

1999

  • Ollman, Arthur. The Model Wife. Boston, 1999: 146.

2004

  • Lee Friedlander: Family. San Francisco, 2004: pl. 20.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower center in graphite: Maria 1972; lower right in graphite: 99-36

Wikidata ID

Q64156750

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