New York City

1963

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photograph of a shop window display with objects and reflections. The scene captures a shop window with various rectangular objects arranged on the display surface. The glass reflects elements from the street, including signs with partially legible text. The foreground features a door frame with part of the glass door marked "PULL." The reflection in the glass also reveals an urban setting with glimpses of people walking by and other storefront details. The monochrome quality of the image emphasizes the play of light, shadow, and reflection.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.8 × 28.3 cm (7 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.63

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lee Friedlander, New York; Private collection, Memphis; Private Collection, Midwest. (sale, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 6 October 2005, lot 288); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Lee Friedlander; center stamped in black ink: This photograph is not released for publication or / for commercial use of any kind. For permission / communicate with Lee Friedlander. 44 So. Mountain / Road, New City, N. Y. 10956 / © LEE FRIEDLANDER 1966; by artist, bottom left in graphite: 9; bottom center: NYC 1963 8-10; bottom right: 66

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