Paracelsus

© Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation

Paracelsus

Currently not on view

Paracelsus,

ca. 1959, printed 1998

Frederick Sommer, American, born Italy, 1905–1999
1998-171

Information

Title
Paracelsus
Dates

ca. 1959, printed 1998

Maker
Frederick Sommer
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
34 x 25.7 cm. (13 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.) mount: 49.9 x 40.6 cm. (19 5/8 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Naomi Lyons
Object Number
1998-171
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Titled and dated in graphite, verso upper left: Paracelsus 1959 Signed and dated in graphite, verso center: Frederick Sommer 1959
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
negatives, abstraction, paint

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