EDWARD WESTON

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EDWARD WESTON

Succulents

Gelatin silver print. 1930. Initialed and numbered 5/50 in pencil on the mount; signed, titled, dated, annotated Carmel and inscribed in 1931 To Mrs. Merrell- hoping she will take away more than this-- in pencil on the reverse of the mount. 7½ x 9½in.
Literature
Edward Weston: Photographs, fig. 589.

Lot Essay

Amy Conger notes this was Weston's most popular of the 5 succulents images and that this series would become as important as the peppers, roots and rocks. This image from the series was chosen for the Supreme Instants exhibition in 1986.