Lot 187
  • 187

Edward Weston

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Edward Weston
  • 'halved cabbage'
signed, titled, dated twice, and numbered '31V' by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, matted, 1930, printing date unknown (Conger 613; Huntington, pl. 5; Photography and Modernism, pl. 39)

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

By descent to the present owners

Condition

This print, on medium-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, three small, soft indentations are visible in the upper left quadrant. When examined with a black light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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Catalogue Note

Weston's negative log at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson indicates that, of the projected edition of 50 from this negative (31V), only 9 prints were made.