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Nude

1980

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names

Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows a person lying on a velvet couch. They are positioned on their side, with one arm stretched above their head and the other resting on the couch. The person's head is on the arm of the couch, and they have long dark hair. The person is nude and wears a thin necklace with a small pendant. The setting includes the velvet couch, a radiator, and part of a curtain against a plain wall.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Joseph M. and Barbara Cohen Foundation Fund
Dimensions

image: 31 x 47 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.3 x 50.8 cm (15 7/8 x 20 in.)
Accession Number

2001.22.367

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Lee and Maria Friedlander

Bibliography

1991

Lee Friedlander: Nudes. New York, 1991: pl. 28.

1992

Lee Friedlander. Exh. cat. IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez. Valencia, 1992: 146.

2005

Friedlander. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2005: pl. 441.

Inscriptions

center verso: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower right verso in graphite: 533-28

Wikidata ID

Q64156781

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