EDWARD WESTON

Charis, 1934

Details

EDWARD WESTON
Charis, 1934
gelatin silver print, printed before 1952
signed and inscribed 'This print was given to me by Edward Weston during the filming of my film The Naked Eye in 1952' by Lou Stoumen in pencil (on the reverse of the flush-mount)
3½ x 4 5/8in. (8.9 x 11.8cm.)

Provenance

From the artist;
to Lou Stoumen;
with G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles;
to the present owner

Literature

Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs, fig. 851; and Aperture, Edward Weston: Fifty Years, p. 173

Lot Essay

Lot 246 was given to photographer and film-maker Lou Stoumen by Edward Weston during the making of his documentary on Weston, The Naked Eye. Weston logged ten prints from this negative and it was one of the 52 images chosen by Nancy Newhall for her intended book on his nudes.

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