Lot 104
  • 104

FREDERICK SOMMER | Untitled (Figure)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Frederick Sommer
  • Untitled (Figure)
  • 13 3/8  by 8 5/8  in. (34 by 21.9 cm.)
mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1961 (This print: Venus, Jupiter & Mars, exhibition checklist, no. 71)

Provenance

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

Exhibited

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

Condition

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. There is a 3-1/2-inch thin, linear glossy area in the lower portion of the image. When examined in high raking light, scattered matte deposits, possibly original retouching, are visible. The faintest silvering is visible in raking light at the extreme edges of the print. The photograph is on a thin buff-colored mount. The mount (and by extension the photograph) is gently rippled overall. There are a few tiny rust-colored deposits on the mount. There is minor brown soiling on the reverse of the mount.
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