Edward Weston

flush-mounted, mounted again, initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, titled and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1929 (Conger 561; Armitage, Art of Edward Weston, p. 33)

Acquired from Jill Quasha, New York, 1990

Conger 561, in which the author locates, in addition to the print of this image at the Center for Creative Photography, two other prints in institutions: at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City; and a project print at the University of Santa Cruz.

According Weston's Negative Log, now in the collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Weston made 7 prints of this image.  A later note by Weston in the Log indicates that he destroyed 4 of these prints.  Although Weston has dated this print 1930, he lists the negative as having been made in 1929 in his Negative Log.

Armitage, Art of Edward Weston, p. 33

This photograph's flush-mount appears to be the type of slick white board the photographer typically used in the 1930s. This has been trimmed to the image, and the whole has been mounted again to a sheet of thin, slick, off-white board. The photographer has initialed and dated the front of the secondary mount 'EW 1930,' and has titled and dated the reverse. Weston's writing on the reverse is somewhat shaky, suggesting that the photographer wrote this later in life, after Parkinson's disease had begun to affect his writing. The photograph is in very good condition. There is some minor wear on the lower edge and corners visible only upon close examination. Under close scrutiny in high raking light, a faint network of tiny streaks can just be seen – these do not break the emulsion and are not observable when the print is regarded under normal viewing conditions. The mount has some minor damp-staining on the top and bottom edges, not coming anywhere near the photograph. There are glue and tape remains on the reverse of the mount.
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According Weston's negative log, now in the collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Weston made 7 prints of this image.  A later note by Weston in the log indicates that he destroyed 4 of these prints.  In addition to the print of this image at the Center for Creative Photography, Conger lists two other prints in institutions: at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City; and a project print at the University of Santa Cruz.  Although Weston has dated this print 1930, he lists the negative as having been made in 1929 in his negative log.