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)
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 Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2638
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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"
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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