Frederick Sommer - Photographs New York Monday, July 13, 2020 | Phillips

Photographs

New York Auction 13 July 2020

  • Provenance

    Christie's, New York, 9 October 1997, lot 350
    Collection of Nancy Richardson
    Sotheby's, New York, Photographs from the Collection of Nancy Richardson, 16 October 2007, lot 70

  • Literature

    Yale University Press, The Art of Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing, Collage, cover, p. 41
    Center for Creative Photography, Sommer: Words/Images, pl. 48
    Turner, American Images: Photography 1945-1980, p. 51
    Weiss, Venus, Jupiter & Mars: The Photographs of Frederick Sommer, pl. 24
    High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, p. 50
    LIGHT, p. 79

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Frederick Sommer

Livia

1948
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19.1 x 23.5 cm)
Signed, titled and twice dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $35,000

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Photographs

New York Auction 13 July 2020