Embryology
[Birth of Venus Portfolio]
n.d.
Photogravure
Afterimage Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/1472
1 of 51
Maelstrom
[Birth of Venus Portfolio]
n.d.
Photogravure
Afterimage Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/1475
2 of 51
Page from the Birth of Venus Portfolio
[Birth of Venus Portfolio]
n.d.
Portfolio page
Afterimage Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/1471
3 of 51
Portrait
[Birth of Venus Portfolio]
n.d.
Photogravure
Afterimage Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/1476
4 of 51
The Birth of Venus
[Birth of Venus Portfolio]
n.d.
Photogravure
Afterimage Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/1473
5 of 51
The Play's the Thing
[Birth of Venus Portfolio]
n.d.
Photogravure
Afterimage Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/1474
6 of 51
Chicken
1939
Gelatin silver print, contact print, trimmed
8 x 10 in
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/6848
7 of 51
Chicken Parts
1939
Gelatin silver print
9 7/16 × 7 7/16 ins (23.97 × 18.89 cm) (image and sheet)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2014.18.19
LL/81505
8 of 51
Untitled (Amputated Foot)
1939
Gelatin silver print
Internet - Original source ill-defined
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/113552 [Further details available]
9 of 51
Placenta
1940
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 cm)
Phillips - New York
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from the Joy of Giving Something Foundation, 3 October 2017, No. 166
LL/77732
10 of 51
Colorado River Landscape
1942
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 9/16 in
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28847
11 of 51
Arizona Landscape
1943
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 9/16 ins
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/33300 [Further details available]
12 of 51
Glass, Arizona
1943 (taken) 1975 (ca, print)
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 × 9 1/2 ins (19.05 × 24.13 cm) (image and sheet)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2017.61.32
LL/81528
13 of 51
Arizona
1945
Gelatin silver print
7 9/16 x 9 9/16
J. Paul Getty Museum
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/5953
14 of 51
Dead coyotes
1945
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2
J. Paul Getty Museum
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/5954
15 of 51
Taylor, Arizona
1945 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
h: 7.6 x w: 9.6 in / h: 19.3 x w: 24.4 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22207 [Further details available]
16 of 51
Max Ernst
1946
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 1/2
J. Paul Getty Museum
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/5951 [Further details available]
17 of 51
Livia
1948
Gelatin silver print
7 9/16 x 9 1/4
J. Paul Getty Museum
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/5950
18 of 51
Valise d'Adam
1949
Gelatin silver print
9 7/16 x 7 7/16
J. Paul Getty Museum
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/5952
19 of 51
Valise d'Adam
1949
Gelatin silver print
9 3/8 x 7˘ in (23.7 x 19 cm)
Christie's - New York
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation, Christies - NY (Sale 1983: Lot 0223 - Oct 18, 2007)
LL/23759 [Further details available]
20 of 51
Venus, Jupiter and Mars
1949 (taken) 1980 (ca, printed)
Gelatin silver print
h: 9.5 x w: 7.6 in / h: 24.1 x w: 19.3 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22210 [Further details available]
21 of 51
Return of the Prodigal
[Venus, Jupiter & Mars]
1950
Gelatin silver print
3 3/4 x 5 5/8 ins (12.1 x 14.3 cm)
Sotheby's - New York
Sale: NO9640, Photographs, 5 April 2017, Lot: 28
LL/74002
22 of 51
Circumnavigation Of The Blood
[Venus, Jupiter & Mars]
1950 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
4 1/2 x 5 7/8 ins (11.4 x 14.3 cm)
Sotheby's - New York
Sale: NO9640, Photographs, 5 April 2017, Lot: 26
LL/74000
23 of 51
Ondine
1950 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
h: 7.5 x w: 9.5 in / h: 19 x w: 24.1 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22206 [Further details available]
24 of 51
Moon Culmination
1951 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Phillips - New York
9th April 2018, NY040118, Photographs & The Enduring Image: The Collection of Dr. Saul Unter, Lot: 93
LL/81907
25 of 51
Untitled (Configurations on Black #8)
1957 (taken) 1990s (mid, ca, printed)
Gelatin silver print
h: 11.8 x w: 8.8 in / h: 30 x w: 22.4 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22209 [Further details available]
26 of 51
Paracelsus
1959
Gelatin silver print
13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28850
27 of 51
Stendhal
1959
Gelatin silver print
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation; Courtesy Norton Simon Museum
LL/15274 [Further details available]
28 of 51
Untitled (smoke on glass)
1962
Gelatin silver print
13 3/8 x 10 1/4 ins (33.97 x 26.04 cm) (image)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.4417, Check copyright status.
LL/81046
29 of 51
Dürer Variation (vertical)
1966 (taken) 1981 (printed, before)
Gelatin silver print
h: 7.5 x w: 8.4 in / h: 19 x w: 21.3 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22205 [Further details available]
30 of 51
Untitled (drawing on metal foil)
1970
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Phillips - New York
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from the Joy of Giving Something Foundation, 3 October 2017, No. 165
LL/77731
31 of 51
Untitled (Cut Paper)
1973
Gelatin silver print
10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28846
32 of 51
Wood and Violin
1973
Silver print
13 1/2x10 1/2 ins (34.3x26.7 cm) (image) 16 5/8x20 3/4 ins (42.2x52.7 cm) (mount)
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, 19 April 2016, Lot: 184
LL/66207
33 of 51
Cut Paper
1977
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins (24.13 x 19.05 cm) (image)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.313
LL/81552
34 of 51
Cut Paper
1980 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
h: 9.6 x w: 7.5 in / h: 24.4 x w: 19 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22204 [Further details available]
35 of 51
Untitled
1995
Mixed media, collage
h: 14.8 x w: 15.8 in / h: 37.6 x w: 40.1 cm
Etherton Gallery
© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/22208
36 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28428
37 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28430
38 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28429
39 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28427
40 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28426
41 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28425
42 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28424
43 of 51
Frederick Sommer (details to be added)
n.d.
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation
LL/28423
44 of 51
Book cover for Frederick Sommer, 1962, Frederick Sommer 1939-1962 Photographs (Aperture 10:4)
1962
Book cover
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 8-10, 2014, #2370, Lot 280)
LL/56974 [Further details available]
45 of 51
Book cover for Frederick Sommer, 1962, Frederick Sommer 1939-1962 Photographs, (New York: Aperture)
1962
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/52725
46 of 51
Book cover for "Frederick Sommer" by Frederick Sommer
1965
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1235
47 of 51
Book cover for "the Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics + Words Spoken in Memory of Richard Nickel at a Gathering of his Friends" by Frederick Sommer
1972
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1236
48 of 51
Book cover for "Frederick Sommer at Seventy-Five: A Retrospective" by Frederick Sommer
1980
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1233
49 of 51
Book cover for "Poetry and Logic" by Frederick Sommer
1994
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1234
50 of 51
Book cover for Frederick Sommer & Jonathan Clark, 1998, Cut-Paper / Frederick Sommer makes a Cut-Paper, (The Artichoke Press)
1998
Book cover
Internet - Original source ill-defined
LL/75131
51 of 51
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