Cut Paper

1967

Frederick Sommer

Associated Names
Frederick Sommer

Artist, American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999

The image features a collection of overlapping and intertwining curved and angular shapes. This abstract composition resembles cascading sheets of paper or ribbons. The forms evoke the look of crumpled and arranged paper, with each curve casting soft shadows. The interplay of light and dark areas within the shapes may remind the viewer of overlapping waves or draped folds of fabric set against a monochromatic backdrop.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frederick Sommer

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 27.3 x 20.5 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
    mount: 43 x 35.2 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.5.30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Frederick Sommer at Seventy-Five: A Retrospective. Exh. cat., Long Beach, California, 1980, illus. pl.57.

Inscriptions

on mount, center verso in graphite: Frederick Sommer 1967 (underlined)

Wikidata ID

Q64147778

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