Artist
Frederick Sommer (American, born Italy, 1905–1999)American, born Italy, 1905–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Max Ernst
Date1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 23.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 23.9 cm)
Mount: 13 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (34 × 38.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 23.9 cm)
Mount: 13 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (34 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2313
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from The Photographer's Gallery on 2/22/1989.
Exhibition History"Venus, Jupiter & Mars - The Photographs of Frederick Sommer", Delaware Art Museum, 1980; "Frederick Sommer at Seventy-Five", The Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, 1980;
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "MAX ERNST 1946"
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Frederick Sommer 1946"
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Frederick Sommer
1966
Gelatin silver print
2002.2325
