Return of the Prodigal
Artist
Frederick Sommer
(American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999)
Date1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 11/16 inches (9.53 × 14.45 cm)
Mount: 7 1/4 × 9 inches (18.42 × 22.86 cm)
Mount: 7 1/4 × 9 inches (18.42 × 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.54.20
SignedSigned and dated on mount verso, center, in pencil: "Frederick Sommer 1950"
InscribedTitled on mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "Return of the Prodigal"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a ceramic figure inserted on its side into a flat circular object, which is set against a roughly textured background.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
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