Edward Weston
M. G. M, Hollywood

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

CultureAmerican

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M. G. M, Hollywood

Date1939

PlaceHollywood, California, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Mount: 13 9/16 × 11 3/8 in. (34.4 × 29 cm)

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

Object number2002.2636

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceGalerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH on 4/22/1978.
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 right: "Stacked Stairs, M.G.M. / [signature] / 46.203."

Initialed and dated in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of image/sheet: "EW1939"
Signed in pencil, verso of mount, upper right: "Edward Weston"

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