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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Moralmente inaceptable

Pedro Friedeberg

Moralmente inaceptable

Sale Date: February 27, 2020

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Templo de San Sombrerete, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo de San Sombrerete, 2018

Sale Date: February 27, 2020

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PRUEBA DE ESTADO, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

PRUEBA DE ESTADO, 1973

Sale Date: February 22, 2020

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Astroorganismo Protohipereoclidiano, 2016

Pedro Friedeberg

Astroorganismo Protohipereoclidiano, 2016

Sale Date: March 4, 2020

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Pedro Friedeberg Iconic Right Hand Chair, 1960–1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Pedro Friedeberg Iconic Right Hand Chair, 1960–1969

Sale Date: January 30, 2020

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Hand chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair, 1965

Sale Date: January 19, 2020

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Hand chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair, 1965

Sale Date: January 19, 2020

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Memento mori

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: January 30, 2020

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Explicaciones de Casanova a Kafka o La vida..., 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Explicaciones de Casanova a Kafka o La vida..., 1973

Sale Date: January 30, 2020

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Almanaque o 365 sueñitos surrealistas

Pedro Friedeberg

Almanaque o 365 sueñitos surrealistas

Sale Date: January 30, 2020

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CHINOISERIE LUNAIRE, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

CHINOISERIE LUNAIRE, 1970

Sale Date: December 6, 2019

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Sin título

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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Silla kindergarten del sistema métrico, 2019

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla kindergarten del sistema métrico, 2019

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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Sin título

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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El templo del sombrerete, 2018

Pedro Friedeberg

El templo del sombrerete, 2018

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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Obeliscos con Basilicas

Pedro Friedeberg

Obeliscos con Basilicas

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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Colonia Roma, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Colonia Roma, 1970

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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Tú y yo zig zag, 2019

Pedro Friedeberg

Tú y yo zig zag, 2019

Sale Date: November 14, 2019

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Savoir faire con menú de degustación, maravillas

Pedro Friedeberg

Savoir faire con menú de degustación, maravillas

Sale Date: November 14, 2019

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Frutero tripie, 2015

Pedro Friedeberg

Frutero tripie, 2015

Sale Date: November 14, 2019

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Hysterical Woman

Pedro Friedeberg

Hysterical Woman

Sale Date: November 9, 2019

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Un Minuto de Silencio; Tree

Pedro Friedeberg

Un Minuto de Silencio; Tree

Sale Date: November 2, 2019

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Teoremas de Spinoza

Pedro Friedeberg

Teoremas de Spinoza

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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Entrada lateral al Burdel Platónico, 2015

Pedro Friedeberg

Entrada lateral al Burdel Platónico, 2015

Sale Date: October 24, 2019

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