Venus, Jupiter and Mars

1949

Frederick Sommer

Associated Names
Frederick Sommer

Artist, American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999

The image shows torn and weathered surfaces with abstract shapes and textures. The layers reveal an underlying black and white illustration of three people around a table with cups and saucers. The surface layers create irregular shapes and lines, giving an abstract feeling like a fragmented memory or a faded photograph. The combination of human figures with the decaying texture suggests old newspaper clippings or vintage posters left to the elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frederick Sommer

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 23.8 × 19.1 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 38.4 × 33.1 cm (15 1/8 × 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.5.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, Prescott, AZ; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Venus, Jupiter & Mars: The Photographs of Frederick Sommer. Exh. cat., Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, 1980, illus. pl.38.

1984

  • Sommer: Images. Tucson, Arizona, 1984, illus. pl.19.

Wikidata ID

Q64147732

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