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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Caja de cebra

Pedro Friedeberg

Caja de cebra

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Silla mano pie

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mano pie

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Silla mariposa marina, 2021

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mariposa marina, 2021

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Templo cerebral de la sabiduría inútil

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo cerebral de la sabiduría inútil

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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The Week of Seven Days, 1972

Pedro Friedeberg

The Week of Seven Days, 1972

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Cuatro Acrobatas en Seis Posiciones, 1974

Pedro Friedeberg

Cuatro Acrobatas en Seis Posiciones, 1974

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Untitled, 2020

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled, 2020

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Hand chair, 1978

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair, 1978

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Hand Foot Occasional Table

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot Occasional Table

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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La Profetisa y su Hija, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

La Profetisa y su Hija, 1973

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Explicaciones De Casanova A Kafka, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Explicaciones De Casanova A Kafka, 1973

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Astroclock-Ological Time, 1975

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Astroclock-Ological Time, 1975

Sale Date: December 13, 2023

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Hand Foot Occasional Table, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot Occasional Table, 1970

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Pedro Friedeberg

"La silla-Mano" Deux chaises-sculptures

Sale Date: December 8, 2023

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CONVERSACION ENTRE CASANOVA & KAFKA..., 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

CONVERSACION ENTRE CASANOVA & KAFKA..., 1973

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Acrobat

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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La Nariz De Cleopatra

Pedro Friedeberg

La Nariz De Cleopatra

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Ciudad De Un Millón Con 25 Huevos Duros

Pedro Friedeberg

Ciudad De Un Millón Con 25 Huevos Duros

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Cats Of All Nations: Unite!

Pedro Friedeberg

Cats Of All Nations: Unite!

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Teoremas De Spinoza

Pedro Friedeberg

Teoremas De Spinoza

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Traductor De Laberintos

Pedro Friedeberg

Traductor De Laberintos

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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El Infierno Son Los Otres

Pedro Friedeberg

El Infierno Son Los Otres

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Untitled

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Souvenir d'enfance, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Souvenir d'enfance, 1973

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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