Photographer Douglas Friedman sells Texas dwelling for $2.4M

Acclaimed shutterbug Douglas Friedman has an eye fixed for magnificence — and exquisite houses. 

The jet-setting photographer has simply bought his desert dream home in Marfa, Texas for round $2.4 million, Gimme Shelter can reveal. He informed Gimme he’ll miss the peace and quiet, as residing on this distant space ended up being “incredibly relaxing and rejuvenating.”

Texas is a “nondisclosure state.” That means the worth of dwelling gross sales are legally stored secret from the general public.

Known because the Friedman Ranch, the fashionable dwelling at 2405 Antelope Hills Road first hit the marketplace for $3.7 million final February. It was asking $2.99 million final September, as Gimme Shelter beforehand reported. 

The purchaser, we hear, is an East Coast financier. The information comes as Friedman prepares for the discharge of his newest e-book, “Full Spectrum,” revealed by Vendome Press. 

“After more than a decade of blood, sweat, laughter and tequila … I sold @thefriedmanranch,” Friedman posted on Instagram.

“Who would have thought that this dusty and derelict piece of land would become one of the 50 most beautiful homes in the @archdigest book. I’m very proud of what happened down there. Marfa is still home, just in a new and different way,” Friedman added.

The property sits on 10 acres and abuts hundreds of acres of cattle ranch land.

When Gimme final spoke to Friedman, he mentioned he was planning to concentrate on his Long Island dwelling and “another idea in West Texas.”  

This month, Friedman’s photographs of his Eastern Long Island property — a Brookhaven residence that was inbuilt 1870 — are featured in Architectural Digest. Friedman’s pal and prime AD100 designer Steven Gambrel created the interiors, whereas the long-lasting home-life maven Martha Stewart designed the gardens. 

At 2,300 sq. ft, the Marfa ranch comes with three bedrooms and two baths, a floating roof design — and beautiful views of the Davis and Haystack Mountains. 

Gambrel, together with Nicole Hollis and Brigette Romanek, helped create the interiors, which included de Gournay hand-painted wallpaper, Isamu Noguchi lanterns and marble tables.

Designed in 2016, the home was additionally featured in AD’s e-book, “Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style,” revealed by Rizzoli in 2019.

It options retractable screens to maintain out mud and scorpions, and a clerestory window band.

Inside, there’s an open format that incorporates a chef’s kitchen, a residing and eating space, floor-to-ceiling glass doorways and hidden storage. 

Outside, the grounds embrace a shaded construction often known as a desert palapa, in addition to a container lap pool from Modpools, a scorching tub, solar energy and a non-public properly. 

The dramatic landscaping consists of native prairie grasses and bushes. Friedman as soon as informed Gimme he planted 10 oak bushes, in addition to mesquite and desert sage.

Marfa has been an art-world vacation spot since sculptur Donald Judd first visited in 1971.

The itemizing brokers have been Jeff Burke and Fredrik Eklund of Douglas Elliman’s Eklund Gomes Team.