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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.83
People
Frederick Sommer, American (Angri, Italy 1905 - 1999 Prescott, Arizona)
Title
Untitled (amputated foot)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1939
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285367

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 24.2 x 19.4 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Light Gallery, New York, New York, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright
© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
P1972.83
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • American Photographs at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
  • The Body Politic: Surrealism on Both Sides of the Atlantic 1924 - 1947, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1995 - 01/07/1996

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