Edward Weston

mounted, initialed and dated on the mount, date and negative number in pencil on the reverse, 1937, probably printed in the 1940s (Conger 1122)

This slightly warm-toned early print, on paper with a slight surface sheen and mounted on a tan board, is in generally good condition. When examined in raking light, the following are visible: scratches and linear impressions that do not appear to break the emulsion; and faint silvering. The tan mount is soiled, with 3 tack holes and several drip-like deposits in the upper portion and age-darkening at the periphery. The reverse of the mount has the negative number and date (LT-5G and 1937) in an unidentified hand in the upper left corner. It is also soiled and age-darkened. As is typical of prints that Weston made in the 1940s, this photograph has been initialed and dated below the image, rather than fully signed and dated.
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