Pedro Friedeberg Interior Prints
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
Encuentro de Dos Mundos
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A serigraph print by Pedro Friedeberg from 1987. A optical abstract image of a surrealist interior.
Artist: Pedro Friedeberg, Mexican (1936 - )
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Teatro Microbiotico
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A serigraph print by Pedro Friedeberg from 1987. A optical abstract image of a surrealist interior.
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Encuentro de Dos Mundos
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A serigraph print by Pedro Friedeberg from 1987. A optical abstract image of a surrealist interior.
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Title: Encuentro de dos Mundos...
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Find a wide variety of authentic Pedro Friedeberg interior prints available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Pedro Friedeberg in screen print and more. Not every interior allows for large Pedro Friedeberg interior prints, so small editions measuring 24 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of and Victor Vasarely. Pedro Friedeberg interior prints prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,600 and tops out at $1,600, while the average work can sell for $1,600.