Frederick Sommer
Rock, Utah

Rock, Utah

© The Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation

Rock, Utah
Rock, Utah
ArtistAmerican, born Italy, 1905–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Rock, Utah
  • Champagne Rock
Date1940
Place depictedUtah, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.3 cm)
Mount: 15 3/8 × 13 in. (39.1 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2312
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, Prescott; Stephan White Gallery, Los Angeles.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Stephan White Associates on 5/22/1974.
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: "Rock, Utah 1940"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "NYC BD 663"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "2500 / 70.76"
Signed and dated in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Frederick Sommer 1940"

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