All Children are Ambassadors
Artist
Frederick Sommer
(American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999)
Date1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (13.97 x 8.89 cm)
Mount: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.86 x 18.42 cm)
Mat: 21 x 16 1/2 inches (53.34 x 41.91 cm)
Mount: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.86 x 18.42 cm)
Mat: 21 x 16 1/2 inches (53.34 x 41.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2008.18.22
SignedVerso, in pencil: "All Children are Ambassadors," Artist's signature, 1950.
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Gift of the photographer to a friend and student, Chicago
By descent to a private collection
Christie's New York, Oct. 13, 2000, Sale 9484, Lot 401 (acquired by anonymous)
Sotheby's New York, Oct. 17, 2007, Sale 8349, Lot 223
By descent to a private collection
Christie's New York, Oct. 13, 2000, Sale 9484, Lot 401 (acquired by anonymous)
Sotheby's New York, Oct. 17, 2007, Sale 8349, Lot 223
Copyright© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
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