Portland, Maine

1962

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows a vintage television with a black-and-white image of a woman's face on top of a dark wooden dresser with a large mirror behind it. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray. The television is positioned on the right side of the dresser, with antennas extending upwards and to the side, next to a small candle holder and an ashtray. The dresser with the mirror is centered, reflecting the plain wall behind it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.3 x 46.8 cm (12 5/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.6 x 50.6 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.418

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Lee Friedlander: Photographs. Exh. cat. Hudson River Museum. New City, 1978: pl. 22.

2001

  • The Little Screens. San Francisco, 2001: pl. 31.

2005

  • Friedlander. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2005: pl. 82.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; lower center in graphite: Portland Ma 1962; lower right in graphite: 1-13

Wikidata ID

Q64156856

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