Lee Friedlander

Syracuse, NY
1962

A black and white photo depicting a vintage television set in a dark room, displaying a smiling man in a suit. On top of the TV, there's a desk lamp, a book, and a typewriter. Heavy patterned curtains partially obscure the view of a window that looks out onto a street scene with a parked car.
A black and white photo depicting a vintage television set in a dark room, displaying a smiling man in a suit. On top of the TV, there's a desk lamp, a book, and a typewriter. Heavy patterned curtains partially obscure the view of a window that looks out onto a street scene with a parked car.

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Date
1962

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 10 15/16in. (17.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 6 3/8 × 9 3/16in. (16.2 × 23.3 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.108

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Lee Friedlander
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