Doughboy. Stamford, Connecticut
1973
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.8 x 27 cm (7 x 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.338
Art Historical Context
In 1973, renowned American photographer Lee Friedlander captured *Doughboy, Stamford, Connecticut*, a gelatin silver print that exemplifies his signature street photography style. Friedlander a key figure in the "New Documents" movement of the 1960s alongside Garry Winogrand and Diane Arbus, transformed everyday urban scenes into complex visual puzzles. This 7 x 10 5/8-inch image likely features a "doughboy"—a common World War I soldier statue—set against the gritty backdrop of Stamford, Connecticut, blending historical monument with mid-20th-century American suburbia. The gelatin silver prin...
About the Artist
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, born on July 14, 1934, in Aberdeen, Washington, to a Finnish-descended mother, Kaari Nurmi, and German-Jewish émigré father, Fritz Friedlander, discovered photography at age 14 amid a fascination with the medium's equipment. Tragedy marked his childhood when his mother died of cancer at age seven, yet he pursued his passion, earning pocket money with a camera before studying under...