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Frederick Sommer #2,258Blue-Chip

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personAmerican, 1905–1999
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Selected Works548

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Previous Sales 35

Christie's
Coyotes, 1945
Coyotes, 1945
$6,300
Feb 2024
Sotheby's
'Negative #91'
'Negative #91'
Bought In
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
'Negative #90'
'Negative #90'
Bought In
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
'Negative #77'
'Negative #77'
Bought In
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
'Negative #66'
'Negative #66'
Bought In
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
'Negative #30 "Jack Rabbit"'
'Negative #30 "Jack Rabbit"'
$11,000
Apr 2021
Christie's
Sumaré, 1951
Sumaré, 1951
$8,750
Oct 2018
Christie's
Valise d'Adam, 1949
Valise d'Adam, 1949
$17,500
Apr 2011
Christie's
Colorado River Landscape, 1942
Colorado River Landscape, 1942
€18,750 ($21k USD)
Apr 2011
Christie's
Livia, 1948
Livia, 1948
$37,500
Oct 2010
Christie's
Untitled (Paint on Cellophane), 1957
Untitled (Paint on Cellophane), 1957
$8,750
Apr 2008
Christie's
Max Ernst, 1946
Max Ernst, 1946
$32,200
Oct 2007
Christie's
Ondine, 1950
Ondine, 1950
$15,600
Apr 2006
Christie's
Valise d'Adam
Valise d'Adam
$19,975
Oct 2000
Christie's
Medallion, 1948
Medallion, 1948
$15,000
Phillips
Moon Culmination
Moon Culmination
$10,965
Swann Auction Galleries
Dry Creek Bed
Dry Creek Bed
$7,000
May 2024
Phillips
Abstract
Abstract
$1,448
May 2024
Christie's
Frances, 1945
Frances, 1945, 1945
Bought In
Apr 2024
Christie's
Lee Nevin with Violin
Lee Nevin with Violin, 1963
Bought In
Apr 2024
Christie's
Lee Nevin
Lee Nevin, 1965
Bought In
Apr 2023
Phillips
Circumnavigation of the Blood
Circumnavigation of the Blood
$5,842
Apr 2023
Phillips
Giant
Giant
$4,445
Apr 2023
Phillips
Frog and Flower
Frog and Flower
Bought In
Nov 2022
Phillips
Arizona Landscape (Bagdad)
Arizona Landscape (Bagdad)
$18,900
Oct 2022

For Sale 3

Etherton Gallery · Artsy
Coyotes
Coyotes, 1945
Price on request
Gelatin silver print
Etherton Gallery · Artsy
Abstract Drawing
Abstract Drawing, 1951
Price on request
Colored pen on black paper
Etherton Gallery · Artsy
Capitoline Museum, 1960
Capitoline Museum, 1960, 1960
Price on request
Gelatin silver print
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Market186 auction results

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$1.4K – $37.5K
22 of 38 photographs lots with prices
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$14.1K
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$7.0K
22 priced photographs lots
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May 2024 · $7.0K
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Publications1

Monograph 1

The art of Frederick Sommer Author
Yale University Press · 2005
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions8

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#541 Ricco/Maresca

Frederick Sommer: Visual Affinities

Frederick Sommer

529 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Oct 24, 2019 — Nov 27, 2019

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#246 Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Fredrick Sommer Visual Affinities

Frederick Sommer

529 W 20th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Oct 24, 2019 — Dec 7, 2019

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#246 Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Frederick Sommer: Glue Drawings

Frederick Sommer

529 W 20th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jun 11, 2015 — Jul 31, 2015

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#104 Jakson Fine Art

Frederick Sommer: Works from a Private Collection

Frederick Sommer

320 Main St Suite 101, Carbondale, CO 81623, USA

May 9, 2014 — Jul 3, 2014

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#246 Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Frederick Sommer Choice and chance structure art and nature

Frederick Sommer

529 W 20th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Feb 24, 2011 — Apr 2, 2011

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#246 Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Frederick Sommer Circumnavigation

Frederick Sommer

529 W 20th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Feb 4, 2010 — Mar 20, 2010

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#6,673 Faggionato

Frederick Sommer Photography, Drawing & Collage

Frederick Sommer

1st Floor, 49 Albemarle St, London W1S 4JR, UK

Jun 8, 2006 — Aug 25, 2006

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#6,673 Faggionato

Frederick Sommer Photographs and Drawings, 1938 - 1950

Frederick Sommer

91 Allen St, New York, NY 10002, United States

Nov 4, 2005 — Jan 21, 2006

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Art Fair Appearances2

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Paris Photo — Paris
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2018
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Recent Activity12

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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2025
Nov 13, 2025
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Exhibition
Fredrick Sommer Visual Affinities
Oct 24, 2019
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer: Visual Affinities
Oct 24, 2019
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2018
Nov 8, 2018
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer: Glue Drawings
Jun 11, 2015
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer: Works from a Private Collection
May 9, 2014
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer Choice and chance structure art and nature
Feb 24, 2011
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer Circumnavigation
Feb 4, 2010
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer Photography, Drawing & Collage
Jun 8, 2006
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Exhibition
Frederick Sommer Photographs and Drawings, 1938 - 1950
Nov 4, 2005
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Frederick Sommer dies
Jan 1, 1999
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Frederick Sommer born
Jan 1, 1905
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