Pedro Friedeberg Art
Mexican, b. 1936
The sculptor and painter Pedro Friedeberg works in a richly detailed, Surrealist and eccentric artistic style that blends influences from neoclassical art, M.C. Escher and native Mesoamerican symbolism. He is best known for his Hand chair — a functional sculpture that is an icon of design-as-art.
Friedeberg was born in Florence to German parents and moved with his mother to Mexico at the outset of World War II. As a university student in Mexico City in the 1950s, he initially studied architecture, but his designs for fantastical buildings ran afoul of his rationalist, Bauhaus-oriented teachers.
By chance, Friedeberg’s drawings came to the attention of Mathias Goeritz, the German-born Dadaist painter and sculptor. He encouraged Friedeberg and made him a protégé. Friedeberg credits his mentor for instilling in him a fanatical attention to detail in his work. Friedeberg produced his first Hand chair in 1961, and has since created numerous iterations. He has also made several variants using other human limbs in different functional forms such as tables and clocks.
While Friedeberg’s sculptures have a gentle character that is sometimes described as spiritual, his paintings and prints are something entirely different. He employs deep perspective to create hypnotic, painstakingly rendered canvases that suggest rooms and cityscapes.
Whatever the medium, Friedeberg’s work is arresting and instantly recognizable. The Hand chair, though familiar, remains a captivating piece — both furniture and artwork — that stands apart in any interior. Examples are often priced between $20,000 and $30,000, depending on formal variations (such as a foot-shaped pedestal), material and condition. Smaller functional items such as tabletop clocks bring about $9,000. His paintings and drawings require space; they are meant to be contemplated. Prices on original examples start at about $30,000; prints generally sell in the region of $900.
As you will see on 1stDibs, the art and design of Pedro Friedeberg is singular and memorable.
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Artist: Pedro Friedeberg
Códice Miguelito III
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical architectural scene inspired by “Mickey”. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a ha...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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$998 Sale Price
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Loteria Canina
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a collection of various dogs. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and gold ...
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1970s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Pedro Friedeberg "Ciudad de un millón con 25 huevos duros" Silkscreen
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
WE WILL SHIP THIS ARTWORK WORK TO YOU WITH A COURTESY PEDRO FRIEDEBERG STYLE BLACK AND GOLD STRIPED FRAME . . . .
Pedro Friedeberg is an Italian-born Mexican artist and designer kn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pedro Friedeberg Art
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$926 Sale Price
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Silkscreen Pedro Friedeberg, " AMAZONAS ODIOSONAS "
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Pedro Friedeberg signed lithograph featuring a fantastical architectural scene inspired by “Struwwelpeter.” includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pedro Friedeberg Art
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$1,200 Sale Price
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Portal Multidimensional
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This striking print is quintessentially Pedro Friedeberg, blending Surrealism, Op Art, and architecture. Its uniqueness comes from the dizzying one-point perspective—a hallmark of hi...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
Pedro Friedeberg "Schloss Struwwelpeter" Silkscreen
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical architectural scene inspired by “Struwwelpeter.” includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Reloj Astrologico (rare signed bronze sculpture)
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture. Incised Pedro Friedberg on the base. Incised PA (artist proof) on the base.
Certificate of Authenticity is included. Artwork is in excellent condition. All re...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Bronze
$5,962 Sale Price
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Ecología II
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This striking gold leaf serigraph by Pedro Friedeberg is a unique convergence of Mexican Surrealism, Pop Art, and ancient iconography. The piece is a meticulous grid of about 48 gold...
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2010s Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
Mathias en Cuernavaca
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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La caja de pandora
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg’s screen prints are not just artworks—they're vibrant windows into a surreal, imaginative world that blends architectural prec...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Gold Leaf
365 Sueñitos Surrealistas
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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"Mano" - Mini version of Hand Chair by Friedeberg, sculpture, colored, black
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A new and exclusive version of the world-famous Hand Chair created in collaboration with Pedro Friedeberg's studio.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Silver
"Ciudad de un millón" contemporary neobarroque arquitecture city blue landscape
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work.
The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen, Ink, Paper, Digital
El Siglo de Pericles
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical architectural scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and ...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Calendario Maya II
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This serigraph is considered a masterpiece of Pedro Friedeberg's work, created around 1974. Its uniqueness is the profound intellectual and visual fusion of Mesoamerican cosmology wi...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
La Mosca Negra
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
his striking piece by Italian-Mexican Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg is unique for its mesmerizing Op Art and horror vacui style, featuring a densely packed composition of nearly 100 gi...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Gold Leaf
Ciudad de Medio Millon y 25 Huevos Duros
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Etching
Aves IV
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Maestro Pedro Friedeberg's works take us to a universe where birds serve as metaphors for freedom and transcendence. Against a light, profound background, the birds rise in metallic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Silver
"Tiempos fáciles" contemporary, surrealist, geometric forms, jaguars, patterns
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work.
The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital, Ink
Pianos y caracolas
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg’s screen prints are not just artworks. They're vibrant windows into a surreal, imaginative world that blends architectural pre...
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2010s Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
Canción de Cuna en Febrero
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
"Lullaby in February" is an enigmatic and deeply evocative work that showcases Pedro Friedeberg’s mastery in blending the absurd with the sublime. In this piece, the artist offers a ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
"Mano" - Mini version of Hand Chair by Friedeberg, sculpture, tiffany
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A new and exclusive version of the world-famous Hand Chair created in collaboration with Pedro Friedeberg's studio.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Silver
Laberinto Serpentino
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Laberinto Serpentino is a striking and enigmatic work that invites the viewer into a dreamlike maze of fluid motion and layered symbolism. Rich in texture and depth, this piece evoke...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
Los Gatos
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Pedro Friedeberg, "Hand Foot", unique sculpture
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pedro Friedeberg
Unique Hand Foot Sculpture
Gilt finished wood
Signed PEDRO FRIEDEBERG on bottom of the foot
12 inches tall, 6 inches wide (base of hand), 3 inches wide (base of foot...
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1960s Modern Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Wood
"Sanas distancias" Safe distances - figurative, hands, post COVID art
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
During the pandemic, the artist stayed for 4 months in Oaxaca on a beach called San Aguistinillo, where he developed the Sana Distancia (safe distance) c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Gold Leaf
"Cromaticornios II" - surrealist pattern, unicorns, gold leaf, silver leaf
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Gold Leaf, Silver
Medallas III
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This vibrant serigraph by Pedro Friedeberg is a captivating fusion of Op Art, Surrealism, and esoteric architecture. The unique design consists of over 70 colorful medallions, each c...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
Schloss Struwelpeter
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Work by Pedro Friedeberg, a renowned Mexican surrealist artist celebrated for his meticulous detail and visual humor. In this piece, Schloss Struwwelpeter, he combines fantastical ar...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
Otebafla
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This serigraph, is a special blend of Surrealism, Pop Art, and esoteric symbolism. Each letter of the alphabet is meticulously rendered as a colorful, three-dimensional architectural...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital Pigment
Wenn wir nicht haben
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This is a striking, surrealist work by Italian-Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg, blending architectural drawing, Op Art, and whimsy. Its uniqueness lies in the impossible perspective,...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
Teatro Microbiotico, Geometric Op Art Screenprint by Pedro Friedeberg
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
A serigraph print by Pedro Friedeberg from 1987. An optical abstract image of a surrealist interior.
Artist: Pedro Friedeberg, Mexican (1936 - )
Title: Teatro Microbiotico
Year: 1...
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1980s Op Art Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
Salud, Energúmeno!
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
"Salud, Energúmeno" by Pedro Friedeberg is a quintessential example of the artist’s surrealist genius, blending intricate architectural precision with irreverent, mystical symbolism....
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
Templos de la amistad
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This striking serigraph by Pedro Friedeberg is a unique illustration of his rebellious architectural imagination. It is a dense grid of roughly 35 fantastical, stylized temples, kios...
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21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
Ferreteria Canina II
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This unique serigraph by Surrealist artist Pedro Friedeberg is a vibrant, graphic commentary on repetition and pop culture. The name Ferretería Canina (which translates to "Canine Ha...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Digital
"La nariz de Cleopatra" Cleopatra's nose - geometric, perspective, city
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
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20th Century Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Paper, Screen, Cotton
"Ejército del amor" pattern, red, contemporary, mexican, graphic
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This new Pedro Friedeberg piece was developed in collaboration with CAM Galería as a special edition.
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known...
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2010s Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Screen
Soles de Ninive
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
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2010s Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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"Divagaciones espontáneas" Zebras and mexican pyramids surrealist print
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
During the pandemic, the artist stayed for 4 months in Oaxaca on a beach called San Aguistinillo, where he developed the Sana Distancia (safe distance) collection, he created each da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Cotton, Ink, Paper
"Cíclopes" Cyclops - surrealist geometric print, perspective, optic illusion
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the “ManoChair”: a sculpture/chair designed to sit on the palm, using the fingers as backrests and armrests. Friedeberg began to study architecture but did not finish his studies. He began to produce designs that went against the conventional forms of the 1950s, some as incredible as houses with artichoke roofs. His work caught the attention of Mathías Goeritz who encouraged him to continue his career as an artist. Friedeberg became part of a group of Mexican surrealist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Gold Leaf
"Sanas distancias" Safe distances - figurative, hands, post COVID art
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
During the pandemic, the artist stayed for 4 months in Oaxaca on a beach called San Aguistinillo, where he developed the Sana Distancia (safe distance) collection, he created each da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Gold Leaf
"Triperio lunar I" Lunar triperium, geometric, cube perspective, black and white
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Cotton, Paper, Screen
City of a million with 25 boiled eggs
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
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20th Century Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg Art
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Paper, Cotton, Digital
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