Edward Weston
Hill and Telephone Poles

Hill and Telephone Poles

© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

Hill and Telephone Poles
Hill and Telephone Poles
ArtistAmerican, 1886–1958
PrinterAmerican, 1919–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hill and Telephone Poles
Date1937, printed 1978
Place depictedUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 13 1/4 × 15 in. (33.7 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number78.97
Non exposé

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Department
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Object Type
Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso of mount top left in pencil "RC-S-IG"
top right "Hill and Telephone Poles. 1937 / taken on Guggenheim"
bottom left corner "984"
verso of mount center in pencil "Cole Weston"
verso of mount center a stamp "NEGATIVE / BY / Edward Weston / PRINT / BY / [signature]"

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