Mar 23, 2023 - Sale 2630

Sale 2630 - Lot 217

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
PEDRO FRIEDEBERG
Two acrylic paintings on paper.

Sin titulo #1, circa 1970. 140x190 mm; 5 1/2x7 1/2 inches. Signed in black ink, lower right recto * Sin titulo #2, circa 1970. 140x190 mm; 5 1/2x7 1/2 inches. Signed in black ink, lower right recto.

Provenance (both): Galeria de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, with the labels.

Friedeberg (born 1936) is a Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work utilizing ancient and religious symbols. Perhaps his best known work is the Hand-Chair a sculptural chair designed for people to sit on the palm, with the fingers as back and arm rests. Friedeberg studied as an architect, but abandoned conventional designs in favor of absurdist concepts in the 1950s, having been influenced by Dada and Surrealism. Eventually, Friedeberg became associated with various surrealist artists in Mexico, including Leonora Carrington and Alice Rahon.