Found Negative
1948
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 19.6 × 24.3 cm (7 11/16 × 9 9/16 in.) mount: 28.2 × 34.2 cm (11 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
2018.177.125
About the Artist
Frederick Sommer
Frederick Sommer (1905–1999) was one of the most singular and philosophically searching visual artists of twentieth-century America, a figure who defied easy categorization as he moved between photography, drawing, collage, and theoretical writing across a career spanning more than six decades. Born in Angri, Italy, and raised in Brazil, Sommer earned a master's degree in landscape architecture fr...