Giuseppe Verdi. Buffalo, New York
1972
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.7 x 24 cm (6 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.337
Art Historical Context
Lee Friedlander's *Giuseppe Verdi. Buffalo New York* (1972) is a gelatin silver print that captures an urban moment in the industrial city of Buffalo, New York. Friedlander, a pioneering American photographer born in 1934, is renowned for his street photography, which often weaves together signage, architecture, and everyday scenes into dense, layered compositions. This image—measuring just 15.7 x 24 cm—likely spotlights a reference to the famed Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, ev the cultural echoes of Italian-American communities in mid-20th-century America. Printed using the classic ...
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...