Lee Friedlander

New York City
1969

A black and white photograph featuring a crystal table lamp on a wooden desk, with a cityscape visible through a window in the background. In the foreground, there's a magazine or newspaper with a photo of a man's face visible on the desk. The image has a contrast of indoor and outdoor elements, with a focus on the lamp and the printed face.

A black and white photograph featuring a crystal table lamp on a wooden desk, with a cityscape visible through a window in the background. In the foreground, there's a magazine or newspaper with a photo of a man's face visible on the desk. The image has a contrast of indoor and outdoor elements, with a focus on the lamp and the printed face.

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Date
1969

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm) Image: 9 7/16 × 6 3/8in. (24 × 16.2 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.123

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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