1997.15
Young Explorer
Artist
Frederick Sommer
(Angri, Italy, 1905 - 1/23/1999, Prescott, Arizona)
Title
Young Explorer
Creation Date
1951
Century
20th century
Dimensions
8 11/16 in. x 4 7/16 in. (22.1 cm. x 11.2 cm.)
Classification
Photographs
Creation Place
North America, United States
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick Sommer and Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery
Copyright
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Accession Number
1997.15
For arranged still lifes like Young Explorer, Frederick Sommer collected found objects, laying them out in different combinations until an arrangement struck him as particularly provocative—an effect he would amplify with his poetic titles.