Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 3

Lee Friedlander
Nude (Madonna), Lee Friedlander

1979

About the Item

Artist: Lee Friedlander (1934) Title: Nude (Madonna) Year: 1979, printed by the photographer later. Medium: Silver Gelatin Print Size: 12 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed by the artist. Literature: Cape, Lee Friedlander: Nudes, p. 62. Notes: While Lee Friedlander is best known for his street photographs that came to define a new style of documentary photography in the 1960s, he was as equally committed to his Nudes series which he photographed over a period of twelve years, beginning in the late 1970s. While the nude is the most classical of subjects, Friedlander’s depictions are anything but, presenting us with figures not from the canon of art history but from contemporary culture. These women are not idealized nor glamorized but are the real bodies of everyday people. Indeed, after finding models through his network of friends, photographers and even ad postings, he visited them at their homes and photographed them in their own beds, among their own possessions. This heightened their sense of comfort and ultimately the viewers’ sense of intimacy with the subjects. One such model was Madonna, who posed for Friedlander from 1979 to 1980, just a few years before the release of her first album in 1983. At the time, Madonna was a dancer in New York City struggling to make ends meet through modeling and small roles in low-budget films. It is believed that she was paid $25 for the sittings. As her fame skyrocketed over the years, these images remain emblematic of her early career, before she would hone the public image for which she is known.
  • Creator:
    Lee Friedlander (1934, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1979
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fairfield, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU134219234592
More From This SellerView All
  • Picasso, La Bonne dans l'Atelier de Sculpture (after)
    By Pablo Picasso
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: La Bonne dans l'Atelier de Sculpture (after Bloch 184) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype...
    Category

    1990s Cubist Nude Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Picasso, Deux Modèles se regardant (after)
    By Pablo Picasso
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Deux Modèles se regardant (after Bloch 209) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype halftone s...
    Category

    1990s Cubist Nude Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Picasso, Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Nu à la Draperie (after)
    By Pablo Picasso
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Nu à la Draperie (after Bloch 160) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the gr...
    Category

    1990s Cubist Nude Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Picasso, Modèle et Grande Tête Sculptée (after)
    By Pablo Picasso
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Modèle et Grande Tête Sculptée (after Bloch 170) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype halft...
    Category

    1990s Cubist Nude Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Picasso, Flûtiste et Jeune Fille au Tambourin (after)
    By Pablo Picasso
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Flûtiste et Jeune Fille au Tambourin (after Bloch 213) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype...
    Category

    1990s Cubist Nude Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

  • Picasso, Vieux Sculpteur au Travail II (after)
    By Pablo Picasso
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Vieux Sculpteur au Travail II (after Bloch 157) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype halfto...
    Category

    1990s Cubist Nude Prints

    Materials

    Lithograph

You May Also Like
  • Judy Dater Self - Portrait with Stone Badlands South Dakota - Photograph 1981
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Judy Dater Self - Portrait with Stone Badlands South Dakota - Photograph 1981 Judy Dater (American, 1941-). Original Silver Gelatin Photograph, signed on V...
    Category

    1980s Realist Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

  • "Lago di Como" Photography Edition 3/5 32" x 24" inch by Lukas Dvorak
    By Lukas Dvorak
    Located in Culver City, CA
    "Lago di Como" Photography Edition 3/5 32" x 24" inch by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2009 Unframed Ships rolled in a tube ABO...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

    Materials

    Archival Paper, Pigment

  • "Eva G and Gorilla" Photography 23" x 16.5" inch Edition 3/10 by Lukas Dvorak
    By Lukas Dvorak
    Located in Culver City, CA
    "Eva G and Gorilla" Photography 23" x 16.5" inch Edition 3/10 by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2015 Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ARTIST Lukas Dvorak is a...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

    Materials

    Archival Paper, Pigment

  • "Black and White" Photography 35.5" x 27.5" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
    By Olha Stepanian
    Located in Culver City, CA
    "Black and White" Photography 35.5" x 27.5" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube....
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Archival Paper

  • "Monte Clerigo" Photography 31.5" x 24" inch Edition of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
    By Lukas Dvorak
    Located in Culver City, CA
    "Monte Clerigo" Photography 31.5" x 24" inch Edition of 5 by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2016 Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ARTIST Lukas Dvorak is a C...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

    Materials

    Pigment, Archival Paper

  • "Genesis" Photography Edition of 15 47" x 36" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
    By Yevgeniy Repiashenko
    Located in Culver City, CA
    "Genesis" Photography Edition of 15 47" x 36" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Photography Year photo was taken: 2019 Unframed - ships in a tube This picture is a part of Spirit se...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

    Materials

    Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Recently Viewed

View All