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.

Pedro Friedeberg Artworks

Pedro Friedeberg (1,409 results)

Untitled (Bull Tie), 1980

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled (Bull Tie), 1980

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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Hand Foot chairs, pair, 1960

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot chairs, pair, 1960

Sale Date: September 12, 2019

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Hand And Foot Miniature Chair, C. 1960, 1960

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand And Foot Miniature Chair, C. 1960, 1960

Sale Date: September 15, 2019

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Caracol con cometa

Pedro Friedeberg

Caracol con cometa

Sale Date: August 8, 2019

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Corbata con moño Antonio Souza

Pedro Friedeberg

Corbata con moño Antonio Souza

Sale Date: August 8, 2019

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Problema resuelto, 2011

Pedro Friedeberg

Problema resuelto, 2011

Sale Date: August 8, 2019

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Estuche de la piedra filosofal en posición

Pedro Friedeberg

Estuche de la piedra filosofal en posición "K, 2013

Sale Date: August 8, 2019

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Cada 3 minutos muere un zeugma, 2013

Pedro Friedeberg

Cada 3 minutos muere un zeugma, 2013

Sale Date: August 8, 2019

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Teatro Microbiotico, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Teatro Microbiotico, 1987

Sale Date: July 10, 2019

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Hand and Foot Miniature Chair, 1960

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand and Foot Miniature Chair, 1960

Sale Date: June 30, 2019

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Elefantes I

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: June 20, 2019

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Sin título

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: June 20, 2019

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Futbolistas

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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Templo solar-lunar, 1995

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo solar-lunar, 1995

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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Hand-Foot, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand-Foot, 1965

Sale Date: May 29, 2019

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Encuentro de Dos Mundos, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Encuentro de Dos Mundos, 1987

Sale Date: May 29, 2019

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Atardecer Merovingio, 2008

Pedro Friedeberg

Atardecer Merovingio, 2008

Sale Date: May 29, 2019

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Interior de un cabaret egiptominimalista, 2003

Pedro Friedeberg

Interior de un cabaret egiptominimalista, 2003

Sale Date: May 29, 2019

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Olor a logaritmos, 2008

Pedro Friedeberg

Olor a logaritmos, 2008

Sale Date: May 29, 2019

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Citadópolis, 2003

Pedro Friedeberg

Citadópolis, 2003

Sale Date: May 29, 2019

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Sesenta Piyamas para la Bubulina, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Sesenta Piyamas para la Bubulina, 1973

Sale Date: May 23, 2019

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La Vida Sexual de Isabel la Católica, 1972

Pedro Friedeberg

La Vida Sexual de Isabel la Católica, 1972

Sale Date: May 23, 2019

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Hand Chair

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: May 19, 2019

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Equinoxio y Antinoxio, 2014

Pedro Friedeberg

Equinoxio y Antinoxio, 2014

Sale Date: May 16, 2019

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