Copake, New York

1987

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows two individuals sitting on stone steps outdoors. Both are captured from approximately mid-thigh up. The person on the left has short hair, round glasses, and wears a light-colored shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a sweater draped over their shoulders, jeans, white socks, and sneakers. They wear a watch on their left wrist. The person on the right sits with legs bent and one hand near their chin. They have long hair pulled back and wear a button-up top with a pearl necklace. Both individuals wear rings on their fingers. The background features dense foliage and trees typical of a woodland setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.8 x 32.7 cm (8 9/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 x 35.2 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.293


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Maria: Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Washington and London, 1992: pl. 29.

1999

  • Ollman, Arthur. The Model Wife. Boston, 1999: 154.

2004

  • Lee Friedlander: Family. San Francisco, 2004: pl. 127.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower center in graphite: Maria & Anna 1987; lower right in graphite: 751-7

Wikidata ID

Q64156757

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