New City, New York
1963
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.8 x 32.7 cm (8 9/16 x 12 7/8 in.) sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.306
Art Historical Context
**New City, New York (1963) is a captivating gelatin silver print by Lee Friedlander, a master of mid-20th-century American street photography. Measuring 21.8 x 32.7 cm, this black-and-white image—acquired through the Robert B. Mens Fund for the National Gallery of Art Department of Photographs—captures pulsating energy of New York during a transformative era. Friedlander, part of the influential "New York School", documented urban life with a raw, unfiltered lens, often layering reflections, signage, and architectural fragments to mirror the city's chaotic modernity. Created amid New York's ...
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...