Frederick Sommer

Horse

1945

Decayed animal carcass with exposed bones and hooves lying on dirt.
Decayed animal carcass with exposed bones and hooves lying on dirt.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1945

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Image: 7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.2 × 24.4 cm) Mount (board): 12 9/16 × 14 1/2 in. (31.9 × 36.8 cm)

Accession number
99.5.1

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation

API
artworks/12063




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