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Nautilus

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)
Printer Cole Weston (American, 1919 - 2003)
Date1927; printed ca. 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (23.81 x 18.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2465
InscribedSignature Signed Cole Weston in artist's hand Verso
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of a shell against black backgroundExhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, January 10 –February 22, 1981, no cat.

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 -June 13, 1982, no cat.

Selections from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Highland Community College, Highland, KS, October 19 - November  11, 1993, no cat.

Edward Weston Photographs. Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, March 9 – June 2, 1996, no cat.

Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO, 1974;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Published References

Nancy Newhall. Edward Weston: Photographer. New York, NY: Aperture, Inc., 1965, cover image, 25 (repro.).

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1938
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