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)

Dado mágico (Mesa) desk

Pedro Friedeberg

Dado mágico (Mesa) desk

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Mano monopoda (+ another; 2 works)

Pedro Friedeberg

Mano monopoda (+ another; 2 works)

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Nonato, 2009

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Arácnidos, 2003

Pedro Friedeberg

Arácnidos, 2003

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Manos

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Si no podemos..., 2009

Pedro Friedeberg

Si no podemos..., 2009

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Zodiaco

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Mano con 3 pies, 1963

Pedro Friedeberg

Mano con 3 pies, 1963

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Hand and foot coffee table, 1960–1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand and foot coffee table, 1960–1969

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Hand and foot chair, 1966

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand and foot chair, 1966

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Teknologías abanzadas, 2006

Pedro Friedeberg

Teknologías abanzadas, 2006

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Homage to public accountants, 1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Homage to public accountants, 1969

Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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Dance of the illiterate rainbows, 1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Dance of the illiterate rainbows, 1969

Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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Queen Lunaria - Serpentaria's throne, 1971

Pedro Friedeberg

Queen Lunaria - Serpentaria's throne, 1971

Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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Gilt hand-chair (+ Pointing hand with sun; 2 , 1993

Pedro Friedeberg

Gilt hand-chair (+ Pointing hand with sun; 2 , 1993

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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Silla mariposa chair, 1980–1989

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mariposa chair, 1980–1989

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Silla mariposa chair, 1983

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mariposa chair, 1983

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Silla mariposa chair, 1960–1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Silla mariposa chair, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Occasional table, 1970–1979

Pedro Friedeberg

Occasional table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Hand chair, 1960–1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Sun hand (+ Moon hand, smllr; 2 works)

Pedro Friedeberg

Sun hand (+ Moon hand, smllr; 2 works)

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Untitled (maquette), 1960–1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled (maquette), 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Untitled (maquette)(+ 2 others, smllr; 3 works)

Pedro Friedeberg

Untitled (maquette)(+ 2 others, smllr; 3 works)

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Hand chair, 1960–1969

Pedro Friedeberg

Hand chair, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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