The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Bass Player (127 of 150)
c. 1920s–1940s
(American, 1867–1949)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1954.153.127
Location: not on view
Description
Sommer adored music and performed in avant-garde recitals at the Cleveland Playhouse. Like many Cleveland artists of the time, he spoke German fluently, loved opera, and likely inherited his passion for music from his German immigrant parents.- Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 28-July 18, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 28 - July 18, 2004. "Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age", no exhibition catalogue.
- {{cite web|title=Bass Player (127 of 150)|url=false|author=William Sommer|year=c. 1920s–1940s|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1954.153.127