Pedro Friedeberg

(Mexican, born 1936)

Pedro Friedeberg is a contemporary Mexican artist best known for his Surrealist sculptures and prints. His eclectic body of work bridges architectural imagery and psychedelic patterns with occult iconography. In one of his most famous works, Hand Chair (1961), the artist melds practical furniture design into the shape of a giant hand. Born Pietro Enrico Hoffman Landsberg on January 11, 1936 in Florence, Italy to German-Jewish immigrants escaping the Holocaust, he and his family moved to Mexico when Friedeberg was 3 years old. Influenced by the books of Renaissance and Gothic architecture he saw as a child, Friedeberg studied to become an architect at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. In 1960, he dropped out of architecture school and turned his focus to painting and designing. It was around this time that he fell into the artistic circles of Surrealists and Neo-Dadaists, including Remedios Varo, Mathias Goeritz, and Leonora Carrington. Friedeberg's strange compositions and eccentric attitude has earned him international recognition. Today, the artist’s works are held among the collections of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Friedeberg currently lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Silla mariposa mini, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mariposa mini, 2021

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Mesa cuatro manos y cuatro pies

Pedro Friedeberg

Mesa cuatro manos y cuatro pies

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Pug calzando Church de Londres, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Pug calzando Church de Londres, 2021

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Perro volador alado, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Perro volador alado, 2021

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Templo Irresponsable, 1984

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo Irresponsable, 1984

Sale Date: February 22, 2022

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Sillas I, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Sillas I, 2018

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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El baño del rey, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

El baño del rey, 2018

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Table clock, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Table clock, 1975

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Hand Foot table, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot table, 1970

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Silla kindergarten del sistema métrico, 2019

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla kindergarten del sistema métrico, 2019

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Latidos Euclidianos en el Metaverso, 2021, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Latidos Euclidianos en el Metaverso, 2021, 2021

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Zigurats y Nogurats, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Zigurats y Nogurats, 2018

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Kabalah, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Kabalah, 2018

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Hand Chair, c.1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Chair, c.1965

Sale Date: November 25, 2021

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Butterfly - Unique piece, 1970–1979

Pedro Friedeberg

Butterfly - Unique piece, 1970–1979

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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Hand/Foot - Unique piece, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand/Foot - Unique piece, 1965

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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Sin título

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Templo de San Sombrerete, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo de San Sombrerete, 2018

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Obelisquería centrífuga, 2002

Pedro Friedeberg

Obelisquería centrífuga, 2002

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Acumulación pentagonal rejuvenecedora, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Acumulación pentagonal rejuvenecedora, 2021

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Untitled

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Templo solar-lunar, 1995, 1995

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo solar-lunar, 1995, 1995

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Hand Chair

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Hand chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair, 1965

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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