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Frederick Sommer
Paint On Cellophane1959

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a dark, heavily textured sculptural or organic object with broad lobes fanning upward and curling tendrils below, lit against a black background

Frederick Sommer, Paint On Cellophane, 1959, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frederick Sommer
Title
Paint On Cellophane
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1959
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.66 × 26.04 cm) Primary support: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.66 × 26.04 cm) Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1999
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation