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3:00 PM PT - Apr 27th, 2005

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Lot 15
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FREDERICK SOMMER (American, 1905-1999) MAX ERNS

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FREDERICK
SOMMER
(American, 1905-1999)
MAX ERNST, 1946
gelatin silver print, printed 1991-1992 by the artist and Naomi Lyons
7½ x 9⅜ in. (19.1 x 23.8 cm);
signed, titled, dated in pencil, credit and date in block letters in the artist's hand in pencil on the reverse of the mount
PROPERTY FROM THE STRAUSS COLLECTION
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
EXHIBITED
DOUBLE VISION: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE STRAUSS COLLECTION, University Art Museum, LONG BEACH, and Museum of Photographic Arts, SAN DIEGO, 2001-2002
LITERATURE
Weiss, VENUS, JUPITER AND MARS, 1980, and pl. 16; Glenn, DOUBLE VISION, 2000 n.p.
Sommer first signed this piece in block letters when it was sent to the consignors on approval. Later, when the photograph was acquired, Sommer signed and dated the reverse of the mount.

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