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 mano seis dedos

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mano seis dedos

Sale Date: October 8, 2020

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Felicidades estrella infeliz, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Felicidades estrella infeliz, 2018

Sale Date: October 8, 2020

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Moralmente inaceptable

Pedro Friedeberg

Moralmente inaceptable

Sale Date: October 8, 2020

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Hand Foot chair, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot chair, 1975

Sale Date: September 12, 2020

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Obeliscos con Basilicas

Pedro Friedeberg

Obeliscos con Basilicas

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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Me temo que los Scarlatti dormiran arriba, 1966

Pedro Friedeberg

Me temo que los Scarlatti dormiran arriba, 1966

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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Cronómetro cabalístico quiromántico, 2019

Pedro Friedeberg

Cronómetro cabalístico quiromántico, 2019

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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Frutero tripie, 2015

Pedro Friedeberg

Frutero tripie, 2015

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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three works

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: August 20, 2020

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Historia de la Odontología o Mantícora, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Historia de la Odontología o Mantícora, 1975

Sale Date: August 13, 2020

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Medallas I, 2008

Pedro Friedeberg

Medallas I, 2008

Sale Date: August 13, 2020

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Triperio lunar, 2014

Pedro Friedeberg

Triperio lunar, 2014

Sale Date: August 13, 2020

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Hombre Vibrara and Sillita (two works), 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Hombre Vibrara and Sillita (two works), 1975

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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Silvered wood hand chair, circa 1970s

Pedro Friedeberg

Silvered wood hand chair, circa 1970s

Sale Date: July 30, 2020

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Mahogany hand chair, circa 1970s

Pedro Friedeberg

Mahogany hand chair, circa 1970s

Sale Date: July 30, 2020

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Untitled (Celestial Figure)

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled (Celestial Figure)

Sale Date: June 26, 2020

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Sin título

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Silla escalérica mágica

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla escalérica mágica

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Astrorgánico, 2014

Pedro Friedeberg

Astrorgánico, 2014

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Tattooed Woman (Mujer tatuada)

Pedro Friedeberg

Tattooed Woman (Mujer tatuada)

Sale Date: May 27, 2020

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Handkerchief of a Mayan Virgin on the Day of , 2008

Pedro Friedeberg

Handkerchief of a Mayan Virgin on the Day of , 2008

Sale Date: May 27, 2020

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Traje de etiqueta informal para los conciertos...

Pedro Friedeberg

Traje de etiqueta informal para los conciertos...

Sale Date: May 21, 2020

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El traductor de Laberintos, 1964

Pedro Friedeberg

El traductor de Laberintos, 1964

Sale Date: April 24, 2020

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Pair of Miniature Hand Chairs, 1961

Pedro Friedeberg

Pair of Miniature Hand Chairs, 1961

Sale Date: April 20, 2020

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