Max Ernst

1946, printed 1970s

Frederick Sommer

Artist, American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Dimensions

image/sheet: 19.1 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
mount: 33.6 × 38.2 cm (13 1/4 × 15 1/16 in.)
Accession

2013.139.1

Provenance

Frederick Sommer, Prescott, AZ; acquired by Paula MacDonald (through Peter MacGill); NGA purchase (through Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 2013.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

on mount verso, signed by artist, top left in graphite: Max Ernst 1946; by artist, center in graphite: Frederick Sommer 1946

Wikidata ID

Q64147784