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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Aztec Clock, 2000

Pedro Friedeberg

Aztec Clock, 2000

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Astroecological Clock, 1990–1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Astroecological Clock, 1990–1999

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Unself Portrait with Headache Plus Three..., 1972

Pedro Friedeberg

Unself Portrait with Headache Plus Three..., 1972

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Hand Chair, designed circa 1965, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Chair, designed circa 1965, 1965

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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Chapeau printanier, 2007, 2007

Pedro Friedeberg

Chapeau printanier, 2007, 2007

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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Hommage à Paul Valéry, 2010, 2010

Pedro Friedeberg

Hommage à Paul Valéry, 2010, 2010

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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Hand Chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Chair, 1965

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Hand Chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Chair, 1965

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Hand-Foot Occasional Table, 1977

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand-Foot Occasional Table, 1977

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Felicidades, estrella infeliz, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Felicidades, estrella infeliz, 2018

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Silla kinder garten del sistema metrico

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla kinder garten del sistema metrico

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Falsa silla Lucrecia Borgia, 2019, 2019

Pedro Friedeberg

Falsa silla Lucrecia Borgia, 2019, 2019

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Monumento al malvavisco irónico, 2021, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Monumento al malvavisco irónico, 2021, 2021

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Empirismo sincretista ya muy visto, deja vu..., 2020

Pedro Friedeberg

Empirismo sincretista ya muy visto, deja vu..., 2020

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Ya Conocimos a Diaghilev, 1974

Pedro Friedeberg

Ya Conocimos a Diaghilev, 1974

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Hágalo Y Diviértase

Pedro Friedeberg

Hágalo Y Diviértase

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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The Art of Clear Thinking, 1997, 1997

Pedro Friedeberg

The Art of Clear Thinking, 1997, 1997

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Siluetas Peligrosas, 1900–1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Siluetas Peligrosas, 1900–1999

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Salon de los Espejos Negros, 1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Salon de los Espejos Negros, 1999

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Capillita Particular, 1900–1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Capillita Particular, 1900–1999

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Posible Visita De Yasabesquien, 1971

Pedro Friedeberg

Posible Visita De Yasabesquien, 1971

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Perspectiva Demoniaca, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Perspectiva Demoniaca, 1973

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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E de Elefante, 1972

Pedro Friedeberg

E de Elefante, 1972

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Sin título

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: August 26, 2021

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