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Pedro Friedeberg Surrealist Iconic Hand Chair (Silla-Mano) Signed

Price:$6,500

$9,500List Price

About the Item

Pedro Friedeberg Iconic Surrealist Hand Chair (Silla-Mano). Made of composite fiberglass, making it a very light chair, and lacquered in a high-gloss red. Pop Art. Rare, only 6 made of each color. Signed under pedestal, with a unique symbol next to signature. Pedro Friedeberg, Mexican (1936 - ) Friedeberg was born in Florence, Italy, on January 11, 1936, the son of German-Jewish parents, Friedeberg arrived in Mexico at the age of three. Having shown an early inclination for drawing and reading, he studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana, where he was profoundly influenced by the teaching of Mathias Goeritz, a German-Mexican artist. Under Goeritz influence he created architectural models that fused diverse elements into single structures and were often designed to be non-fictional. His educational background ranged from medieval to Art Nouveau and his work anticipated postmodernism. In 1960, Friedeberg was invited to join a group based on Dadaist principles: the creation of anti-art for art's sake. Los Hartos (The Fed Up) was a rejection of political painting and provided an alternative to the social painting of the time. This organization led Friedeberg to part in another direction that would define his work - he believed in the autonomy of aestheticism. Apart from Friedebergâ??s non-fictional architectural fantasies, he began producing furniture that rejected the predominantly international style of architecture and design that was being taught in Mexico. After designing his first chair, Friedeberg went on to design tables, couches, and love seats. This body of work, along with Friedeberg's obsessively crowded and meticulously detailed canvases, often included references to Tantric scriptures, Aztec codices, Catholicism, Hinduism, and symbols of the occult. Friedeberg's pieces of art are in important permanent collections of museums throughout the world : Museum of Modern Art,New York City Museum of Modern Art, Mexico Museum of Contemporary art,Chicago Museum of Modern Art, Telaviv Israel Cavalino museum,Brescia Italy Smithsonian Institute,Washington D.C. Musse du Louvre, Pavillion Arts Decoratifs,Paris france. Pedro Friedeberg along with Frida Kahlo, were the only two Mexican artist recognized by Andre Breton as part of the Surrealist movement. Please call or use the contact dealer link below to reach us directly with any questions regarding this item. We are happy to obtain delivery quotes from our network of insured shippers.

Dimensions:
Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 22 in (55.88 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Fiberglass
Place of Origin:
Mexico
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
2000
Condition:
Seller Location:
San Diego, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: 13031397172

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