拍品 117
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EDWARD WESTON | Pepper No. 14

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70,000 - 100,000 USD
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描述

  • Edward Weston
  • Pepper No. 14
  • 8 1/2  by 7 1/2  in. (21.6 by 19.1 cm.)
mounted, signed, initialed, dated twice, and editioned '7/50' in pencil on the mount, framed, 1929

來源

Christie's East, 8 November 1982, Sale 5215, Lot 257 By descent to the present owner

出版

Conger 562

Kathy Kelsey Foley, Edward Weston's Gifts to His Sister (Dayton Art Institute, 1978), pp. 8, 23, and 44

Jennifer A. Watts, Edward Weston: A Legacy (Los Angeles: The Huntington Library, 2003), pl. 8

Manfred Heiting, ed., Edward Weston (Köln, 2004), p. 108

Condition

This early print of Weston’s iconic ‘Pepper No. 14’ delivers an extraordinary level of detail throughout and broad range of tonality. The curvature of the pepper is rendered with brilliant clarity without sacrificing the fine textured details of the burlap background. This print is on semi-glossy paper and is in essentially excellent condition. In raking light, faint, age-appropriate silvering is visible in the dark areas. When this print is examined closely in raking light, the following are visible: scattered insignificant hairline surface scratches; and tiny matte areas and deposits of retouching, likely original. The thin mount is unevenly trimmed at its edges, which in no way impacts the photograph or the photographer's handwriting on the mount. There is a thin band of age-appropriate darkening on the mount at the print's periphery. Upon close examination, there are a few faint rust-colored spots of indeterminate nature.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

拍品資料及來源

'The peppers which are more libeled than anything I have done, in them has been found vulvas, penises or combinations, sexual intercourse, madonna with child, wrestlers, modern sculpture, African carving, ad nauseum, according to the state of mind of the spectator: and I have a lot of fun sizing people up from their findings!' (Edward Weston, Daybooks II, p. 225, entry 1 October 1931) The photograph offered here is from the first year of an intensive series of more than 40 pepper studies Edward Weston made in 1929 and 1930.  Unlike the later pepper studies of 1930, in which the abstracted vegetable consumes nearly the entire 8x10-inch negative, the early studies have a low, defined horizon line.  The peppers were placed in bowls or, as in Pepper No. 14, against a burlap background, and become sculptural in their presentation.