Artist
Frederick Sommer (American, born Italy, 1905–1999)American, born Italy, 1905–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Fighting Centaur
Date1952
Place depictedUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (31.8 × 36.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (31.8 × 36.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2317
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH on 10/7/1986.
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: "Fighting Centaur"
Signed and dated in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Frederick Sommer 1952"
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Frederick Sommer
1966
Gelatin silver print
2002.2325
