Broken Glass

Artist Brett Weston (American, 1911 - 1993)

Date1955

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsUnframed: 14 x 11 inches (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Christian K. Keesee Collection

Object number2007.53.15

InscribedVerso: "A 34" in pencil.

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DescriptionBroken, melted glass. Appears to be in liquid form, with a metalic appearance in the silvery tones. Extremely resembles some ice abstractions. Combination of white and silvery areas where substance appears to have settled in amorphous shapes, and black areas of negative space also creating amorphous shapes. TC large black space stretching from TL to TR. BH mostly white and silvery areas with small black spaces throughout. TE appears more ice like with a translucent quality, smaller amorphous shapes.

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