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Shell (Nautilus), 1927
Details
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Shell (Nautilus), 1927
gelatin silver print, mounted on original card
signed and dated 'Edward Weston / 1927' in pencil (mount, recto); numbered 'No. 6' by the artist and 'Sold to Lovett' in an unknown hand in pencil, with affixed letterpress East West Galleries label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm.)
mount: 17 ¼ x 14 5/8 in. (43.8 x 37.1 cm.)
secondary mount: 25 x 20 in. (63.5 x 50.8 cm.)
Shell (Nautilus), 1927
gelatin silver print, mounted on original card
signed and dated 'Edward Weston / 1927' in pencil (mount, recto); numbered 'No. 6' by the artist and 'Sold to Lovett' in an unknown hand in pencil, with affixed letterpress East West Galleries label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm.)
mount: 17 ¼ x 14 5/8 in. (43.8 x 37.1 cm.)
secondary mount: 25 x 20 in. (63.5 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
East West Galleries, San Francisco (from the artist).
Bernice Lovett, San Francisco (acquired from the above, 1927, then by descent); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 April 2010, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Bernice Lovett, San Francisco (acquired from the above, 1927, then by descent); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 April 2010, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Nancy Newhall, ed., Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, Aperture, New York, 1967, cover and p. 25.
Beaumont Newhall, Supreme Instants: The Photographs of Edward Weston, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, 1986, pl. 26.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, 1992, p. 544.
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Karen E. Quinn, and Leslie Furth, Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999, cover and pl. 32.
Manfred Heiting, ed., Edward Weston: 1886 - 1958, Taschen, Cologne, 2001, p. 106.
Beaumont Newhall, Supreme Instants: The Photographs of Edward Weston, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, 1986, pl. 26.
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, 1992, p. 544.
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Karen E. Quinn, and Leslie Furth, Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999, cover and pl. 32.
Manfred Heiting, ed., Edward Weston: 1886 - 1958, Taschen, Cologne, 2001, p. 106.
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