Lot 119
  • 119

Edward Weston

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Edward Weston
  • 'DUNES, OCEANO'
  • gelatin silver
mounted, initialed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the mount, signed, titled, dated, and numbered '37SO' in pencil on the reverse, 1936, probably printed in the 1940s

Provenance

The photographer to Walter Colman, 1940s

By descent to the present owner

Literature

Other prints of this image:

Conger 941

Jennifer A. Watts, ed., Edward Weston: A Legacy (Los Angeles: The Huntington Library, 2003), pl. 11

James Enyeart, Edward Weston's California Landscapes (Boston, 1984), pl. 73

Kurt Markus, Dune: Edward & Brett Weston (Kalispell, 2003), p. 5

Judith Hochburg, Sarah Lowe, Michael Mattis, and Dody Weston Thompson, Edward Weston: Life Work (Revere, 2004), pl. 73

Brett Abbott, In Focus: Edward Weston (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005), pl. 74

Condition

This masterful print, on paper with a surface sheen and mounted on smooth, off-white board, is in generally excellent condition. When examined in raking light the following are visible: 3 small indentations that do not break the emulsion in the lower left quadrant of the print; and several pin-point indentations in the upper portion. There is slight age-darkening at the periphery of the mount.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Catalogue Note

This print of one of Edward Weston's signature dune studies, as well as the Weston photographs in Lots 117 and 118, come originally from the collection of Walter Colman.  Colman was a successful Rockford, Illinois, industrialist as well as a talented amateur photographer.  His interest in photography led him to write to Edward Weston for technical and aesthetic guidance.  While it was hardly uncommon for Weston to be asked for advice by aspiring photographers, few took Colman's approach of sending a check along with his letter.  Weston and Colman began a correspondence, and Colman visited the photographer in Carmel on at least one occasion.  In the course of their friendship, Colman purchased a number of photographs from Weston, the prints offered here among them.  The fact that these prints survive in their present fine condition is evidence of Colman's esteem for Weston and his work.