FREDERICK SOMMER | Taylor, Arizona

mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1945, probably printed in the early 1950s (This print: Venus, Jupiter & Mars, exhibition checklist, no. 23)

Gift of the photographer, early 1960s By descent to the present owner

Wilmington, Delaware Art Museum, Venus, Jupiter & Mars, April - June 1980

This extremely detailed and masterfully printed photograph is in generally excellent condition. There is a barely discernible 3/4-inch scratch in the upper left quadrant which does not appear to break the emulsion and is only visible in raking light. This photograph is on a thin buff-colored mount. There are a few tiny rust-colored deposits on the mount, possibly foxing. The mount is darkened in a thin strip at the periphery of the print and along the left, right, and upper edges. When examined under ultraviolet light, this photograph does no appear to fluoresce.
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