Artist
Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958)American, 1886–1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Church at E Town
Date1933
Place depictedElizabethtown, New Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.2 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.2 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 15 × 15 9/16 in. (38.1 × 39.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.2 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 15 × 15 9/16 in. (38.1 × 39.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number76.259
Non exposé
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988.
"The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890 - 1950," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 29, 2006–January 28, 2007; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, March 4– June 3, 2007.
"Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 10 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in pencil "5/50"
verso of mount top left corner in pencil "34A / 1933[underlined"
upper center "- Church at E- town- / New Mexico", "$165[underlined and upside down]"
bottom right corner "$2000-"
bottom left corner "#1162-L"
verso of mount top left corner in pencil "34A / 1933[underlined"
upper center "- Church at E- town- / New Mexico", "$165[underlined and upside down]"
bottom right corner "$2000-"
bottom left corner "#1162-L"
bottom right below image in pencil "Edward Weston 1933"
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