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Bertha, Glendale, 1927
Details
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Bertha, Glendale, 1927
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed c. 1953 by Brett Weston
initialed and dated '1929' by the artist in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled, dated and numbered '66N' on affixed portfolio label, credited, titled and dated and numbered on affixed Museum of Modern Art label and stamped 'Mrs. Nickolas Muray' with address (mount, verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 cm.)
mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
This work is one from an edition of six.
Bertha, Glendale, 1927
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed c. 1953 by Brett Weston
initialed and dated '1929' by the artist in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled, dated and numbered '66N' on affixed portfolio label, credited, titled and dated and numbered on affixed Museum of Modern Art label and stamped 'Mrs. Nickolas Muray' with address (mount, verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (24.1 x 16.5 cm.)
mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
This work is one from an edition of six.
Provenance
Gifted by Mrs. Nickolas Muray to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968.
Literature
Minor White (ed.), Edward Weston, Aperture, New York, 1973, pl. 95.
Charis Wilson, Edward Weston Nudes, Aperture, New York, 1977, p. 59.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Center for Creative Photography, 1992, fig. 541/1927.
Judith G. Hochberg and Michael P. Matts, Edward Weston Life Work, Lodima Press, Pennsylvania, 2004, pl. 50.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston; the Form of the Nude, Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 2005.
Charis Wilson, Edward Weston Nudes, Aperture, New York, 1977, p. 59.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Center for Creative Photography, 1992, fig. 541/1927.
Judith G. Hochberg and Michael P. Matts, Edward Weston Life Work, Lodima Press, Pennsylvania, 2004, pl. 50.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston; the Form of the Nude, Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 2005.
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