mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, 1952 (Venus, Jupiter & Mars exhibition checklist, pl. 53; 'Frederick Sommer Photographs, 1939-1962,' Aperture 10:4, 1962, p. 16)

Gift from Aaron Siskind to the present owners, early 1960s 

This luminous early print, on paper with a surface sheen and mounted to a cream-colored board, is in generally excellent condition. There is very light soiling on the reverse of the mount.
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As of this writing, the Frederick Sommer Foundation records no more than 6 prints of this image: the present print, 3 in private collections, and prints in The J. Paul Getty Museum and at Princeton University.