Artist
Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958)American, 1886–1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
Date1938
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 12 × 15 5/8 in. (30.5 × 39.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 12 × 15 5/8 in. (30.5 × 39.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2639
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Stephen White Associates on 3/16/1975.
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, center: "Death Valley"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "Property: / Wally MacGalliavel 1971"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "Property: / Wally MacGalliavel 1971"
Signed and dated in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of image/sheet: "Edward Weston / 1938"
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