Artist
Frederick Sommer (American, born Italy, 1905–1999)American, born Italy, 1905–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Arizona Landscape
Date1942
Place depictedArizona, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.2 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.2 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.2 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2319
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH [n.d.]
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," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, August 23-February 1, 2004.
"The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890 - 1950," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 29, 2006–January 28, 2007; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, March 4– June 3, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "Arizona Landscape 1942"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "FS.046"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "FS.046"
Signed and dated in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Frederick Sommer 1942"
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