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William Sommer

William Sommer

Artist

WA-00046557

Painting

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

41

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ8018612

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Horizons in American Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1933–1934

Field Verification (5 fields)

1 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/24482
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

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Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

The Spinach Tree

1934 · watercolor

Sheet: 39.4 x 50.8 cm (15 1/2 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dancing Nudes with Dog

1920 · pen and black ink and black and colored pastel with graphite framing lines

Sheet: 39.7 x 51.4 cm (15 5/8 x 20 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Pool (recto)

1916 · oil on panel

Framed: 99.7 x 79.4 x 6.4 cm (39 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 80.7 x 60 cm (31 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Pool (recto); Landscape (verso)

1916 · oil on panel

Framed: 99.7 x 79.4 x 6.4 cm (39 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 80.7 x 60 cm (31 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1912 · watercolor and black crayon

Sheet: 30.3 x 23.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Viaduct at Sunset

1909 · watercolor and gouache with graphite

Sheet: 28.3 x 36.4 cm (11 1/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman in Profile, Turned to the Left

1890 · charcoal with stumping and erasure

Sheet: 50.8 x 39 cm (20 x 15 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 36 catalogued · 28 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
+ 2 more sources · 29 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

The Pool (recto)
1916 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Spinach Tree
1934 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Self-Portrait
1912 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Dancing Nudes with Dog
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Viaduct at Sunset
1909 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Pool (recto); Landscape (verso)
1916 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a Woman in Profile, Turned to the Left
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

The Dial (Volume 75) (page 383 crop)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

The Pool by William Sommer 1918

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

William sommer exhibit poster

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Circus Abstraction (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Circus Abstraction (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition New Horizons in American Art

New York · 1936

Exhibition New Horizons in American Art Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1936

Group Exhibition Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities

New York · 1933