The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

1965
(American, b. 1934)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 18.8 x 28.3 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1993.148
© 1970 Lee Friedlander
Location: not on view

Description

During his more than five-decade career, portraiture—especially of family and friends—has been an important component of Friedlander’s prolific and copious work. He was one of the first contemporary photographers to turn his role as a silent, curious observer inward, photographing himself beginning in the 1960s and continuing periodically throughout his career. Sitting in his spare hotel room, he straightforwardly recorded with his characteristic dry wit the ordinariness of his daily life.
  • Toby Miller, New York
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 176
  • Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present"
  • {{cite web|title=Philadelphia|url=false|author=Lee Friedlander|year=1965|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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