Artist
Frederick Sommer (American, born Italy, 1905–1999)American, born Italy, 1905–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Arizona Landscape
Date1945
Place depictedArizona, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number76.253
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Frederick Sommer’s work is
characterized by a distinctly surrealist sensibility, a probing into the realm
of the unconscious. His images of landscapes, with their lack of a horizon
line, were considered radical and disorienting when they were first made and
exhibited.
ProvenanceThe artist, Prescott, Arizona; [Light Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988
Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
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Frederick Sommer
1966
Gelatin silver print
2002.2325
