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Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$10,965 ≈ £8,155 ≈ €9,363Sign up free to see price
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Colorado River Landscape
Frederick Sommer (American, 1905–1999) · 1942
$40,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £31,990≈ €37,520
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1949”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.1 x 24.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Part 1 (NY040017)
- Date
- April 3, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 4
- Estimate
- $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £31,990 – £47,985) (≈ €37,520 – €56,280)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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