1951.24: Mrs. Sommer Resting

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1951.24

People

William Sommer, American (Detroit MI 1867 - 1949 Cleveland OH)

Title

Mrs. Sommer Resting

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308286

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

48.2 x 31.7 cm (19 x 12 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: William Sommer
• inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: W.S. 212
• inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: [H or A?] 1969

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Charles E. Roseman Jr., gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Roseman, Jr.

Accession Year

1951

Object Number

1951.24

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• The William Sommer Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1950), repr. plate XXI
• [Reproduction only], The New York Times, (New York, NY, January 14, 1951)., repr.

Exhibition History

• William Sommer Memorial Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 11/01/1950 - 12/10/1950
• Unidentified Exhibition, Kraushaar Galleries, 1951, Kraushaar Galleries, New York, 01/01/1951 - 02/28/1951
• Contemporary American Drawings, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 01/11/1956 - 02/26/1956
• Retrospective Exhibition of Work of William Sommer, Akron Art Institute, Akron, 10/25/1970 - 11/29/1970

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