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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
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