Dunes, Oceano

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)

Printer Cole Weston (American, 1919 - 2003)

Date1936; printed ca. 1975

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (19.05 × 24.13 cm)
Mount: 13 3/16 × 15 inches (33.5 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2478

SignedOn mount verso, top center, stamped in black ink with CW signature in pencil: "NEGATIVE / BY / Edward Weston / PRINT / BY / Cole Weston"

InscribedOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "OCEANO, 1936"

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "4750"

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DescriptionImage of sand dunes. The dunes in the forefront are rippled while the dunes in the background are smoothly undulating.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Rotation 17. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 6, 2014 – January 11, 2015, no cat.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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