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)
Astrological Clock

Pedro Friedeberg

Astrological Clock

Sale Date: June 6, 2015

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dining table, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

dining table, 1970

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Hands of Time

Pedro Friedeberg

Hands of Time

Sale Date: April 23, 2015

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Foot stool

Pedro Friedeberg

Foot stool

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Reloj astroecológico, 2013, 2013

Pedro Friedeberg

Reloj astroecológico, 2013, 2013

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Prolegómena, Paralipómena, 1961

Pedro Friedeberg

Prolegómena, Paralipómena, 1961

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Estrella de doce picos astrododecafónica, 2014, 2014

Pedro Friedeberg

Estrella de doce picos astrododecafónica, 2014, 2014

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Teatro macrobiótico

Pedro Friedeberg

Teatro macrobiótico

Sale Date: May 26, 2015

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Kant's kindergarten, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Kant's kindergarten, 1973

Sale Date: May 26, 2015

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Untitled, 1972

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled, 1972

Sale Date: May 26, 2015

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La Pagoda Enamorada, 1999

Pedro Friedeberg

La Pagoda Enamorada, 1999

Sale Date: April 30, 2015

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Hand/foot table of small size

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand/foot table of small size

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Abstract Composition

Pedro Friedeberg

Abstract Composition

Sale Date: April 18, 2015

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Teatro Microbiotico, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Teatro Microbiotico, 1987

Sale Date: March 26, 2015

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Boudoir Foumier, 1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Boudoir Foumier, 1999

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Salon de Juegos

Pedro Friedeberg

Salon de Juegos

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Gabinete de I Ching, 1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Gabinete de I Ching, 1999

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Hand

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand

Sale Date: March 22, 2015

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Encuentro de dos mundos

Pedro Friedeberg

Encuentro de dos mundos

Sale Date: January 26, 2015

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Ladronzuelos y Ladroncielos, 1990

Pedro Friedeberg

Ladronzuelos y Ladroncielos, 1990

Sale Date: January 26, 2015

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Hand chairs (2), 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chairs (2), 1970

Sale Date: March 1, 2015

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Querido Mozart: te esperamos en Bagdad, 1971

Pedro Friedeberg

Querido Mozart: te esperamos en Bagdad, 1971

Sale Date: January 22, 2015

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Untitled, 1966

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled, 1966

Sale Date: December 17, 2014

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Armchairs (pair), 1963

Pedro Friedeberg

Armchairs (pair), 1963

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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