Newport, Rhode Island
1976
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 28.6 x 19.1 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 27.9 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.318
Art Historical Context
**Newport, Rhode Island 1976** Lee Friedlander, a pioneering American photographer born in 1934, captured this gelatin silver print during his prolific 1970s period, when he was deeply exploring the American social landscape. Newport, Rhode Island—a historic coastal enclave famed for its Gilded Age mansions and heritage—serves as the backdrop, reflecting Friedlander's fascination with everyday urban and vernacular scenes. Printed in 1976, the work exemplifies his mature vision, blending sharp observation with a democratic eye for the ordinary. Friedlander's signature style, associated with ...
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...