Pietà
1992
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View on museum website →Medium
collage of photomechanical reproductions of lithographic prints on heavyweight wove paper
Dimensions
image/sheet: 35.1 x 42.7 cm (13 13/16 x 16 13/16 in.) mount: 49.6 x 56.6 cm (19 1/2 x 22 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frederick Sommer
Accession Number
1995.5.39
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...