EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Burned Car, Mojave Desert, 1937

Details

EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Burned Car, Mojave Desert, 1937
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '22' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.1 cm.)

Literature

Nancy Newhall, The Photographs of Edward Weston, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, cover and p. 25.
Nancy Newhall (ed.), Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, Aperture Foundation, New York, 1965, p. 60.
Ben Maddow, Edward Weston: Fifty Years, Aperture Foundation, New York, 1973, p. 197.
Charis Wilson and Edward Weston, California and the West, with 64 Photographs by Edward Weston, Aperture Foundation, New York, 1978, p. 37.
Jean Charlot et al., The Charlot Collection of Edward Weston Photographs, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 1984, p. 29.
Estelle Jussim and Diana Emery Hulick, Through Their Own Eyes: The Personal Portfolio of Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 1991, p. 41.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, 1992, fig. 1173/1937.
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr, et al., Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999, pl. 103, n.p.
Sarah M. Lowe et al., Edward Weston: Life Work, Lodima Press, Revere, 2003, pl. 105, n.p.

Lot Essay

According to Conger, the image in the present lot was made while Weston and Charis Wilson were driving south on their way to Tesuque, New Mexico. The pair stopped along Highway 66 to examine the abandoned wreckage when Weston created this abstract image of the peeling top of the old car.

Conger locates other prints of this image in institutional collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the George Eastman Museum, Rochester (Conger, Edward Weston, fig. 1173/1937).

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