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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Encuentro de dos mundos, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Encuentro de dos mundos, 1987

Sale Date: August 20, 2014

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Untitled

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: July 27, 2014

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Nietzche's Last Picnic, 1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Nietzche's Last Picnic, 1969

Sale Date: July 27, 2014

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Hall stand Juguetero 100 Manitas, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Hall stand Juguetero 100 Manitas, 1987

Sale Date: July 27, 2014

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Butterfly Chair, 1990

Pedro Friedeberg

Butterfly Chair, 1990

Sale Date: July 17, 2014

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Castillo: Alligator Women, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Castillo: Alligator Women, 1973

Sale Date: June 28, 2014

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Cadáver exquisito, monstruo de siete ojos,..., 1986

Carrington Pedro Friedberg and Leonora

Cadáver exquisito, monstruo de siete ojos,..., 1986

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Relox sentado con termómetro y brújula, 1978

Pedro Friedeberg

Relox sentado con termómetro y brújula, 1978

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Nostalgia Ictiológica, 2013

Pedro Friedeberg

Nostalgia Ictiológica, 2013

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Academia musicofilosófica a la orilla del..., 2000

Pedro Friedeberg

Academia musicofilosófica a la orilla del..., 2000

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Luna

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Sol

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Candelabrum

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Candelabrum with clock, compass, thermometer and

Pedro Friedeberg

Candelabrum with clock, compass, thermometer and

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Butterfly Chair

Pedro Friedeberg

Butterfly Chair

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Abecedario, sin jota

Pedro Friedeberg

Abecedario, sin jota

Sale Date: May 29, 2014

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Hand-Foot chairs (pair), 2007

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand-Foot chairs (pair), 2007

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Butterfly chair, 1975–1999

Pedro Friedeberg

Butterfly chair, 1975–1999

Sale Date: June 10, 2014

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Damas Cocodrilopenas, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Damas Cocodrilopenas, 1973

Sale Date: May 18, 2014

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Cerbero, 1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Cerbero, 1969

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Relox astroecológico, 2013

Pedro Friedeberg

Relox astroecológico, 2013

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Mauricia faroviejo Duquesa de panzaguada y..., 1968

Pedro Friedeberg

Mauricia faroviejo Duquesa de panzaguada y..., 1968

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Ascending Shapes, 1985

Pedro Friedeberg

Ascending Shapes, 1985

Sale Date: April 23, 2014

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Encuentro de dos Mundos, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Encuentro de dos Mundos, 1987

Sale Date: April 23, 2014

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