Edward Weston
Nude, Oceano

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958)American, 1886–1958

CultureAmerican

Titles

Nude, Oceano

Date1939

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.3 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.3 × 24.4 cm)
Mount: 15 × 16 1/2 in. (38.1 × 41.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2638

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceWeston Gallery, Carmel; G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from G. Ray Hawkins Gallery on 4/23/1975.
Exhibition History"Die Künstlichkeit des Wirklichen", Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover,1998.

"American Vision: Photographers from the West, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-February 1, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "N39-M-16"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "#5000 1 / DK21.1"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "$8500"

Signed and dated in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of sheet: "Edward Weston 1939"

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