Lot 208
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EDWARD WESTON
EDWARD WESTON

Fiftieth Anniversary Portfolio 1902-1952

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EDWARD WESTON
Fiftieth Anniversary Portfolio 1902-1952
Carmel, California: Privately published, 1951. 12 gelatin silver prints, printed by Brett Weston under the artist's supervision. Each initialed and dated in pencil on the mount; portfolio stamp numbered sequentially in ink on the reverse of the mount. Each approximately 9.5/8 x 7.5/8in. (24.4 x 19.4cm.) or the reverse. Title page; colophon; introduction by Edward Weston; and list of plates. One from the edition of 100. White portfolio case with impressed black lettering.

Lot Essay

The plates include: Cabbage Leaf (1931); Eel River (1937); David H. McAlpin, New York (1941); Eroded Rock, Point Lobos (1930); Nude (1936); Wall Scrawls, Hornitos (1940); Guadalupe, Mexico (1924); Church Door, Hornitos (1940); North Dome, Point Lobos (1946); William Edmondson, sculptor, Nashville (1941); "Willie," New Orleans (1941); and Dunes, Oceano (1936).