Edward Weston

mounted, initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, signed, titled, dated, and numbered '12K' in pencil on the reverse, 1930, probably printed in the 1940s (Conger 642)

In addition to the print of this image in the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Conger locates prints in the following institutional collections: Harrison Memorial Library, Carmel; Art Institute of Chicago; International Center of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester; Huntington Library, San Marino; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Special Collections, University of California, Santa Cruz, this last a Project Print. This striking print, on paper with a semi-glossy surface and mounted to a clean, light cream-colored board, is in generally excellent condition. The mount is darkened at the print's perimeter, and there is graphite offsetting from a modern mat. Along the upper edge of the mount, there is a small area of abrasions. On the reverse of the mount, there are two 3-inch abrasions to the top paper ply from previous adhesive. Also on the reverse along the upper edge are 2 small rice paper hinge remnants.
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