Emanuel Swedenborg. Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois
1972
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.1 x 28.7 cm (7 1/2 x 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.352
Art Historical Context
In Lee Friedlander's *Emanuel Swedenborg. Lincoln Park, Chicago,* (1972), a silver print captures a moment in Chicago's urban landscape, likely featuring a monument to the 18th-century Swedish mystic, scientist, and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg amid the greenery of Lincoln Park. Fried, a master of American street photography, documented everyday America during the 1960s and 1970s with his signature complex compositions—often layering foreground elements, reflections, and signage to create disorienting yet revealing portraits of public spaces. This 19.1 x 28.7 cm image exemplifies the gelatin...
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...