THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
EDWARD WESTON

Details
EDWARD WESTON

Untitled (Two Shells)

Gelatin silver print. 1927. 8 7/8 x 6 7/8in.
Provenance
Daniel Masclet;
Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 1983, Lot 258.
Literature
E.W.: 100, Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston, cover;
Edward Weston: Photographs, fig. 545.

Lot Essay

Daniel Masclet was a French photographer, working in Paris, and editor of Nus. He highly respected Weston and his work and collected his prints over a long period of time. He would often, as in the case of the print offered here, acquire prints and then mount them himself.