Lot Essay
…a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the ‘decisive moment.'
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
Lee Friedlander (B. 1934)
Galax, Virginia, 1962
Details
Lee Friedlander (B. 1934)
Galax, Virginia, 1962
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated in pencil with photographer's copyright credit stamp (verso); title and date on affixed typed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (14.6 x 22.3 cm.)
sheet: 7 x 10 7/8 in. (17.7 x 27.6 cm.)
Galax, Virginia, 1962
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated in pencil with photographer's copyright credit stamp (verso); title and date on affixed typed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (14.6 x 22.3 cm.)
sheet: 7 x 10 7/8 in. (17.7 x 27.6 cm.)
Provenance
with Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
Literature
Walker Evans, 'The Little Screens,' Harper's Bazaar, vol. 96, no. 2, February 1963, pp. 126-129.
Rod Slemmons, Lee Friedlander: Like a One-Eyed Cat: Photographs 1956-1987, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1989, pl. 29.
Lee Friedlander, The Little Screens, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 2001, pls. 7 and 32.
Peter Galassi, Friedlander: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2005, p. 94, pl. 75.
Rod Slemmons, Lee Friedlander: Like a One-Eyed Cat: Photographs 1956-1987, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1989, pl. 29.
Lee Friedlander, The Little Screens, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 2001, pls. 7 and 32.
Peter Galassi, Friedlander: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2005, p. 94, pl. 75.