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)

Parsifal o You never look a gift horse in..., 1957

Pedro Friedeberg

Parsifal o You never look a gift horse in..., 1957

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Caninandrógino Polifacético, 2007

Pedro Friedeberg

Caninandrógino Polifacético, 2007

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Untitled (It Doesn't Matter Anymore) and..., 1978

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled (It Doesn't Matter Anymore) and..., 1978

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Gilt Hand Foot table, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Gilt Hand Foot table, 1975

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Hand Foot settee from the Princess Acapulco..., 1971

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot settee from the Princess Acapulco..., 1971

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Nightplants

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Manual de urbanidad, 1993

Pedro Friedeberg

Manual de urbanidad, 1993

Sale Date: November 20, 2012

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Tardeo temprano

Pedro Friedeberg

Tardeo temprano

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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White temple

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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Hand chair model

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair model

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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Ascending Shapes, 1985

Pedro Friedeberg

Ascending Shapes, 1985

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Nocturno equinomenclaturático, 2011

Pedro Friedeberg

Nocturno equinomenclaturático, 2011

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Olimpiadas aeronáuticas, 2008

Pedro Friedeberg

Olimpiadas aeronáuticas, 2008

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Paquidermofiliafobia Sencillo Sueño del..., 1971

Pedro Friedeberg

Paquidermofiliafobia Sencillo Sueño del..., 1971

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Avión angelical, 1986

Pedro Friedeberg

Avión angelical, 1986

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Untitled

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: October 24, 2012

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Jerarquías, 1987

Pedro Friedeberg

Jerarquías, 1987

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Jardín Botánico

Pedro Friedeberg

Jardín Botánico

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Mano - pie

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Mano-pie

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Occasional table, 1975

Pedro Friedeberg

Occasional table, 1975

Sale Date: October 7, 2012

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Untitled (Escenografia para el rey lear) &..., 1978

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled (Escenografia para el rey lear) &..., 1978

Sale Date: October 7, 2012

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Fine hand chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Fine hand chair, 1965

Sale Date: October 13, 2012

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Hand Foot chair, 1990

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand Foot chair, 1990

Sale Date: September 27, 2012

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