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The Giant

Artist Frederick Sommer (American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999)
Dateca. 1949
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.13 x 19.05 cm)
Framed: 20 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches (52.71 x 42.55 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.394
InscribedSigned/Titled/Dated Signed in artist's hand Back of Mount
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionProbably made 1980s
Copyright© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
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Frederick Sommer
1950
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Figure
Frederick Sommer
1963
2005.37.389
Pottery Collage
Frederick Sommer
1992
2005.37.393
Untitled (smoke on glass)
Frederick Sommer
1962
2005.27.4417
Paracelsus
Frederick Sommer
1959
2005.37.392
Livia
Frederick Sommer
1948
2005.37.395
Nogales, Mexico
Frederick Sommer
1952
2005.37.331
Colorado River Landscape
Frederick Sommer
1942; printed 1990s
2010.18.39
recto overall
Frederick Sommer
1943; printed ca. 1975
2017.61.32
Cut Paper
Frederick Sommer
1977
2005.27.313