Edward Weston
Shell

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© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

Shell
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ArtistAmerican, 1886–1958
PrinterAmerican, 1919–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Shell
Date1927, printed 1978
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (23.8 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (23.8 × 18.7 cm)
Mount: 15 1/16 × 13 1/4 in. (38.2 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number78.106
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left corner in pencil "IS"
top right "Shell, 1927"
bottom left corner "915"
verso of mount center in pencil "Cole Weston"
verso center a stamp "NEGATIVE / BY / Edward Weston / PRINT / BY / [signature]"

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