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

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Hand form cair, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand form cair, 1970

Sale Date: June 15, 2013

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El Torreón del Espíritu Santo at Cape..., 1962

Pedro Friedeberg

El Torreón del Espíritu Santo at Cape..., 1962

Sale Date: May 29, 2013

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Untitled, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: May 25, 2013

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Miniature chairs (4 works), 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Miniature chairs (4 works), 1975

Sale Date: May 19, 2013

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Calendario Maya

Pedro Friedeberg

Calendario Maya

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Sin titulo

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Sin titulo

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Table basse surrealiste, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Table basse surrealiste, 1965

Sale Date: May 5, 2013

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Silla- mano base campana, 1963

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla- mano base campana, 1963

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Tocador mariposa, 1973

Pedro Friedeberg

Tocador mariposa, 1973

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Cadáver exquisito, 1998

Pedro Friedeberg and Leonora Carrington

Cadáver exquisito, 1998

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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Hand chair (2 works)

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair (2 works)

Sale Date: April 21, 2013

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Untitled, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Butterfly chair, 1983

Pedro Friedeberg

Butterfly chair, 1983

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Untitled, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Manos y pies, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Manos y pies, 1970

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Candelabro

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Tiempos difíciles

Pedro Friedeberg

Tiempos difíciles

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Mano - pie

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Centauro III, 2007

Pedro Friedeberg

Centauro III, 2007

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Mano - pie transparente

Pedro Friedeberg

Mano - pie transparente

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Medals, 2009

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: March 14, 2013

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Medallion, 1980

Pedro Friedeberg

Medallion, 1980

Sale Date: April 3, 2013

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Variacones Sefiróticias (26 works), 2000–2009

Pedro Friedeberg

Variacones Sefiróticias (26 works), 2000–2009

Sale Date: April 3, 2013

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