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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Pedro Friedeberg (1,409 results)

Pedro Friedeberg

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Hand Chairs

Pedro Friedeberg

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Double-Butterfly Chair

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Double-Butterfly Chair

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Serenata Equinofebrifuga II, Pablo Torrealba,...

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Serenata Equinofebrifuga II, Pablo Torrealba,...

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Mano

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Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Templo cerebral de la sabiduría inútil

Pedro Friedeberg

Templo cerebral de la sabiduría inútil

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Mano

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Mesa manos y pies

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Mesa manos y pies

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Cocodrilo

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Reloj astroecológico clock, 1965

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Reloj astroecológico clock, 1965

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Laberinto, 2015

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Laberinto, 2015

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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36 Perritos, 2022

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36 Perritos, 2022

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Teotihuacanización De Mesopotamia O Soles De...

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Teotihuacanización De Mesopotamia O Soles De...

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Loteria Canina

Pedro Friedeberg

Loteria Canina

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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El Camino De Virtud

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El Camino De Virtud

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Minature chair, 1965

Pedro Friedeberg

Minature chair, 1965

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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Collection of miniature Hand Foot models, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Collection of miniature Hand Foot models, 1970

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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Pedro Friedeberg

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Pedro Friedeberg

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Collection of miniature Butterfly chair models, 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

Collection of miniature Butterfly chair models, 1970

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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Serpent Angel

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Serpent Angel

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Hand Foot

Pedro Friedeberg

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Compass Creature

Pedro Friedeberg

Compass Creature

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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PEDRO FRIEDEBERG TWO ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ON..., 1970

Pedro Friedeberg

PEDRO FRIEDEBERG TWO ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ON..., 1970

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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