Edward Weston
Epilogue

Epilogue

© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

Epilogue
Epilogue
ArtistAmerican, 1886–1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Epilogue
Date1919
PlaceUnited States
MediumPalladium print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 5/16 in. (24.3 × 18.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 5/16 in. (24.3 × 18.6 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 1/16 in. (45.7 × 35.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number78.62
Non exposé

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Department
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Object Type
DescriptionEpilogue, Weston’s photograph of his fellow photographer, muse, and romantic partner Margrethe Mather, stands at a crucial pivot point as he began to turn from the softly focused, dreamy, allegorical style of his earlier work to one more closely aligned with an emerging Art Deco aesthetic of broad geometric planes and stylized figures. Weston would eventually adopt a still more Modernist approach, with sharply focused images printed on glossy gelatin silver paper.
Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007

Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007

“A History of Photography II: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 17–July 19, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left on mount in pencil " 'Epilogue' "
verso of mount top left corner in pencil "7[underlined]"
bottom left corner "FTK49 / DYXX"
bottom right on mount in pencil "Edward Weston-1919"

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