Frederick Sommer Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Frederick Sommer Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 21, 2024
Frederick Sommer (1905-1999): The Milky Way
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Gelatin silver print on a mount, 1949, signed and dated on the reverse of the mount. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (image), unframed.
STAIR
Nov. 21, 2024
Frederick Sommer (1905-1999): Glass
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Gelatin silver print on a mount, 1943, signed and dated on the reverse of the mount. 7 5/8 x 9 1.2 in. (image), unframed.
STAIR
May. 16, 2024
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Dry Creek Bed.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Dry Creek Bed. Silver print, the image measuring 7⅝x9½ inches (19.4x24.1 cm.), the mount 9¼x11 inches (23.5x27.9 cm.), with a drawing by Max Ernst in ink on mount recto. 1947 Provenance: Acquired from the photographer by Max Ernst; to Werner Spies, German-born art historian; to Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago Spies was an expert on and friend of Max Ernst and wrote many books on him. He organized the first ever Ernst retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1975.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 03, 2024
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Lee Nevin with Violin, 1963 signed, titled and
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Lee Nevin with Violin, 1963 signed, titled and dated (twice) in pencil (mount, verso) image/sheet: 10 ¼ x 6 5⁄8 in. (26 x 16.8 cm.) mount: 15 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (39.3 x 29.8 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 22, 2024
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Coyotes, 1945 signed, titled, and dated (twice
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Coyotes, 1945 signed, titled, and dated (twice) in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board) image/sheet: 7 ½ x 9 1⁄2 in. (19.05 x 24.13 cm.) mount: 12 ½ x 14 ½ in. (31.1 x 36.8 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 12, 2023
Frederick Sommer. Cut Paper
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
SOMMER, FREDERICK (1905–1999) Cut Paper, 1969, likely printed 1970s. Gelatin silver print, dry-mounted to card, 13 5/16 x 9 15/16 inches (338 x 252 mm), signed, titled and dated on the verso. A few minuscule rubs noted to the extreme edge of the print, but no surface defects in raking light, minute toning to the mount, a fine example overall. Unframed.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 19, 2023
Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) Livia, 1948
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) Livia, 1948 Gelatin silver print, printed 1993, signed, titled and dated in pencil on the mount verso. image: 7 1/2 x 9 3/8in. (19 x 23.8cm.) sheet: 12 1/2 x 14 1/2in. (31.7 x 36.8cm.) Provenance: With Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, acquired 2010 Literature: Weiss, ed., Venus, Jupiter Mars: The Photographs of Frederick Sommer, Delaware Art Museum, 1980, pl. 24 Sommer: Images, Center for Creative Photography, 1984, pl. 47 Davis, The Art of Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing, Collage, Yale University Press, 2005, cover and p. 41 Reality is greater than our dreams. FREDERICK SOMMER
Hindman
Apr. 13, 2023
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Lee Nevin, 1965 signed, titled and dated in pe
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Lee Nevin, 1965 signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso) image: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.6 x 26 cm.) sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 29, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (AMERICAN, 1905-1999).
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Collage of reprographic prints. 1996. Signed and dated on the reverse. A unique object, collage of colored offset anatomical illustrations on black paper, mounted to board, flush-mounted. (cf. Art of Frederick Sommer, pp. 181-206). Sotheby's Sale April 2014. From a White Plains, NY collection. Dimensions: 6" h x 6" w.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Jul. 28, 2022
Frederick Sommer at Seventy-Five signed poster
Est: $200 - $300
Heading: Author: Sommer, Frederick Title: Frederick Sommer at Seventy-Five: A Retrospective - poster Place Published: Long Beach, CA Publisher:California State University Long Beach Date Published: 1980 Description: Offset-printed poster. 61x45.8 cm (24x18"). Signed by Frederick Sommer. From the collection of Jack and Beverly Waltman.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Apr. 28, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1950
Est: €600 - €800
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1950 Encre sur papier, signé et daté au dos Ink transfer on paper, signed and dated on reverse 30.5 x 46.9 cm 11 13/16 x 18 1/2 in. PROVENANCE Collection privée, Paris
Aguttes
Apr. 28, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1949
Est: €600 - €800
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1949 Encre sur papier, signé et daté au dos Ink transfer on paper, signed and dated on reverse 30.5 x 46.9 cm 11 13/16 x 18 1/2 in. PROVENANCE Collection privée, Par
Aguttes
Apr. 28, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1949
Est: €600 - €800
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1949 Dessin couleur sur chiffon gélatiné noir, signé et daté au dos Glue colour drawing on black paper, signed and dated on reverse 30.5 x 46.9 cm 11 13/16 x 18 1/2 in. PROVENANCE Collection privée, Paris
Aguttes
Apr. 28, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1949
Est: €600 - €800
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Untitled, 1949 Dessin couleur sur chiffon gélatiné noir, signé et daté au dos Glue colour drawing on black paper, signed and dated on reverse 30.5 x 46.9 cm 11 13/16 x 18 1/2 in. PROVENANCE Collection privée, Paris
Aguttes
Apr. 28, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Pine Cone, 1947
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Pine Cone, 1947 Tirage argentique gélatiné, signé et daté au dos Vintage Gelatin Silver print, signed on the reverse 19.4 x 24 cm 7 31/64 x 9 29/64 in. PROVENANCE Collection Christian Zervos, Paris Collection privée, Paris EXPOSITION Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing & Collage, 8 June to 28 July 2006, Gallery Faggionato Fine Arts
Aguttes
Apr. 28, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) I Adore You, 1947
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) I Adore You, 1947 Tirage argentique gélatiné, signé et daté au dos Vintage Gelatin Silver print, signed and dated on the reverse 19.4 x 24.2 cm 7 31/64 x 9 29/64 in. PROVENANCE Collection Christian Zervos, Paris Collection privée, Paris EXPOSITION Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing & Collage, 8 June to 28 July 2006, Gallery Faggionato Fine Arts
Aguttes
Apr. 07, 2022
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Circumnavigation of the Blood, 1950 signed, ti
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Circumnavigation of the Blood, 1950 signed, titled, and dated in pencil (mount, verso) image/sheet: 4 x 5 5/8 in. (10.1 x 14.2 cm.) mount: 9 x 10 1/2 in. (22.8 x 26.6 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 06, 2021
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Golden Apples (Smoke on cellophane), 1961
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Golden Apples (Smoke on cellophane), 1961 gelatin silver print, mounted on card signed and dated in pencil (mount, verso) image/sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (26.7 x 34.2…
Christie's
Dec. 16, 2020
Frederick Sommer, Eight Young Roosters
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Frederick Sommer Eight Young Roosters 1938 gelatin silver print 7.5 h × 9.5 w in (19 × 24 cm) Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Eight Young Roosters, 1938 Frederick Sommer'. This work is a later printing by the artist. Provenance: Acquired from Frederick Sommer by Andrew Roth of Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York, 1997 | Acquired from the previous by Nancy Richardson in 1997 | Sotheby's, P hotographs from the Collection of Nancy Richardson, 16 October 2007, Lot 76 | Private Collection Literature: Frederick Sommer, Philadelphia College of Art (exhibition catalog), pg. 16 illustrates another example The Art of Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing, Collage, Davis, pg. 75 illustrates another example Photography from 1839 to Today, George Eastman House, Mulligan and Wooters, pg. 648 illustrates another example This work will ship from Wright in Chicago. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jul. 13, 2020
FREDERICK SOMMER - Max Ernst, 1946
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Max Ernst, 1946
Phillips
Jul. 13, 2020
FREDERICK SOMMER - Livia, 1948
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Livia, 1948
Phillips
May. 17, 2020
FREDERICK SOMMER - Dead Coyotes, 1941
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
This rare variant of Sommer’s iconic Coyotes is a mesmerizing tapestry of tones. Sommer’s unique style of contact printing allowed him to maintain information in every shadow and highlight, even in the harsh, desert sunlight as is the case here. Sommer’s series of dead coyotes, along with animal organs, limbs, and so forth, was far before his postmodern counterparts like Sally Mann and Joel-Peter Witkin, who would make similar series on the aspects of reality that we purposefully disregard in disgust. This print, one of three known (with one in MoMA), was likely made after 1960. It is signed and dated, as well as titled and dated in pencil mount verso.
Seagrave Gallery
Nov. 23, 2019
Frederick Sommer, "One of Many Ships", 1977
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Frederick Sommer (American/Italian, 1905–1999), gelatin silver print photograph, pen signed, dated and titled verso, mounted on cardboard mat, 10"h x 6.5"w (sheet), 20"h x 16"w (mat)
Millea Bros Ltd
Oct. 17, 2019
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Portrait, from the Birth of Venus portfolio.
Est: $600 - $900
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Portrait, from the Birth of Venus portfolio. Photogravure, the image measuring 8 1/2x7 3/8 inches (21.6x18.7 cm.), the sheet 10 3/8x8 1/2 inches (26.4x21.6 cm.), the mount 15 1/4x13 1/2 inches (38.7x34.3 cm.), with Sommer's signature and edition notation 9/95, in pencil, on mount verso. 1991-93
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 02, 2019
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Untitled (Smoke on Cellophane #3), 1961 signed and dated in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico label (frame backing) image/sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Untitled (Smoke on Cellophane #3), 1961 gelatin silver print, mounted on board signed and dated in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico label (frame backing) image/sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (26.5 x 34.1 cm.) mount: 16 x 19 3/4 in. (40.5 x 50 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 04, 2019
FREDERICK SOMMER - Young Explorer, 1951
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Young Explorer, 1951
Phillips
Oct. 05, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) - Sumaré, 1951
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Sumaré, 1951 signed, titled and dated in pencil (mount, verso) image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.4 cm.) mount: 12 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. (31.7 x 36.5 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 05, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) - Birth of Venus
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905–1999) Birth of Venus
Christie's
Oct. 04, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER - Lee Nevin, 1962
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Lee Nevin, 1962
Phillips
Oct. 04, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER - Ondine, 1950
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Ondine, 1950
Phillips
Oct. 04, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER - The Wall, 1951
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - The Wall, 1951
Phillips
Oct. 04, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER - The Milky Way, 1949
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - The Milky Way, 1949
Phillips
Oct. 03, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER | Taylor, Arizona
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1945, probably printed in the early 1950s (This print: Venus, Jupiter & Mars, exhibition checklist, no. 23)
Sotheby's
Oct. 03, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER | Untitled (Figure)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1961 (This print: Venus, Jupiter & Mars, exhibition checklist, no. 71)
Sotheby's
Aug. 21, 2018
Frederick Sommer - Coyotes, (1945) - 1980
Est: $200 - $250
"Coyotes, (1945)" by Frederick Sommer, 1980 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 23.5 x 18 inches, with an image size of 9.75 x 12 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age. Additional details: Poster for the Frederick Sommer exhibition which was held at the Delaware Art Museum from April - June 1980.
DUMBO Auctions
Apr. 19, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Portfolio entitled The Birth Of Venus.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Portfolio entitled The Birth Of Venus. Complete with 5 rich dust-grain photogravures made from the original negatives, the images measuring 9x10 to 9 1/2x11 inches (22.9x25.4 to 24.1x27.9 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 13 1/2x15 1/8 inches (34.3x38.4 cm.), each with Sommer's signature and edition notation 45/95, in pencil, on mount verso. Folio-sized printed folding wrappers; with the colophon; contents loose as issued. New York, New York: Kevin Begos Publishing, 1991-93
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 19, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Portrait, from the Birth of Venus portfolio.
Est: $800 - $1,200
FREDERICK SOMMER (1905-1999) Portrait, from the Birth of Venus portfolio. Photogravure, the image measuring 8 1/2x7 3/8 inches (21.6x18.7 cm.), the sheet 10 3/8x8 1/2 inches (26.4x21.6 cm.), the mount 15 1/4x13 1/2 inches (38.7x34.3 cm.), with Sommer's signature and edition notation 9/95, in pencil, on mount verso. 1991-93
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 10, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER | 'Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant St. John'
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
mounted, signed, titled, and dated twice in pencil on the reverse of the mount, 1966, printed no later than 1977 ( Venus, Jupiter, & Mars, pl. 9)
Sotheby's
Apr. 09, 2018
FREDERICK SOMMER - Moon Culmination, 1951
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Moon Culmination, 1951
Phillips
Oct. 05, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER | 'Anatomy of an Atlas'
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
mounted, signed, titled, and dated twice in pencil on the reverse, 1985
Sotheby's
Oct. 05, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER | 'Cut Paper'
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
mounted, signed, titled, and dated twice in pencil on the reverse, 1971 ( Frederick Sommer: The Mistress of the World Has No Name, p. 28; Sommer - Images, pl. 39)
Sotheby's
Oct. 05, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER | 'Arizona Landscape'
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
mounted, signed, titled, and dated twice in pencil on the reverse of the mount, 1945, printed no later than 1977 ( Venus, Jupiter, & Mars, pl. 5)
Sotheby's
Oct. 05, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER | 'Young Explorer'
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
mounted, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1951
Sotheby's
Oct. 05, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER | 'Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant St. John'
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
mounted, signed, titled, and dated twice in pencil on the reverse of the mount, 1966, printed no later than 1977 ( Venus, Jupiter, & Mars, pl. 9)
Sotheby's
Oct. 03, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER - Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant St. John, 1966
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant St. John, 1966
Phillips
Oct. 03, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER - Placenta, 1940
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Placenta, 1940
Phillips
Oct. 03, 2017
FREDERICK SOMMER - Untitled (drawing on metal foil), 1970
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
FREDERICK SOMMER - Untitled (drawing on metal foil), 1970
Phillips
Apr. 26, 2017
SOMMER, FREDERICK (1905-1999) Max Ernst, 1946.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
SOMMER, FREDERICK (1905-1999) Max Ernst, 1946. Gelatin silver print, flush mounted, 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (190 x 238 mm), printed after 1988, mount verso signed, dated and titled by Sommer. Fine, framed. Among Sommer's most significant images, a magnificent portrait of the Surrealist master, a personal friend of the photographer for many years. With Carol Ehlers Gallery Ltd.; Chicago; to a private collector. C
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