Frederick Sommer
Moon Culmination

Moon Culmination

© The Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation

Moon Culmination
Moon Culmination
ArtistAmerican, born Italy, 1905–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Moon Culmination
Date1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Mount: 14 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (37.8 × 32.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2308
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, Prescott; Weston Gallery, Carmel.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from The Weston Gallery, Inc. on 11/22/1984.
Exhibition History"Venus, Jupiter & Mars - The Photographs of Frederick Sommer", Delaware Art Museum, 1980.

"American Vision: Photographers from the West, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-February 1, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "Moon Culmination 1951"
Signed and dated in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Frederick Sommer 1951"

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