Lot Essay
Hella Hammid, a photographer friend of Weston's, who posed for him in 1946 (cf. Conger, fig. 1813), selected this print at the close of Weston's exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1946.
THE PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)
Details
EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)
Charis
Gelatin silver print. 1934. Initialed and dated in pencil on the mount; signed and dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount. 4½ x 3½in.
Charis
Gelatin silver print. 1934. Initialed and dated in pencil on the mount; signed and dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount. 4½ x 3½in.
Provenance
Edward Weston to Hella Hammid
to the descendants of Hammid
to the descendants of Hammid
Literature
Edward Weston: Photographs, fig. 836.
Exhibited
Edward Weston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb 12-Mar 31, 1946