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)

Acquired from the photographer, circa 1971

Long Beach, The Art Museum and Galleries, California State University, Frederick Sommer at Seventy-Five: A Retrospective, February - March 1980; and traveling thereafter to 8 other venues through 1981

Carmel, Center for Photographic Art, The Elegant Kinship of Constellations: Photographs, Collages, and Drawings, September - October 1995

This photograph, on double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. Upon extremely close inspection in raking light, a few tiny deposits of original retouching and pinpoint-sized impressions are visible. The upper left edge is softly bumped.
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