Rose, Mexico

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)

Date1926

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (23.18 × 16.67 cm)
Mount: 16 1/8 × 13 7/8 inches (40.96 × 35.24 cm)
Mat (exhibition): 18 × 15 inches (45.72 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy through the Mission Fund

Object numberF57-76/3

SignedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "EW1924"

InscribedOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "32PO / 1925"

MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "F57-76/3"

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Collections

Photography

Terms

Exhibition History

Edward Weston: One Hundred Photographs, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, October 3-November 7, 1982; Springfield (MO) Art Museum, November 28, 1982-January 9, 1983; J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, February 22-March 27, 1983; Evansville (IN) Art Museum, April 10-May 8, 1983; Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, June 9-July 25, 1983; Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, SC, September 4-October 16, 1983; Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, December 7, 1983-January 8, 1984; University of Connecticut, Storrs, January 23-March 11, 1984.

American Art on Paper: Impression of the Southwest and Mexico. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 15 – November 17, 2013, no cat.

Gallery Label

Edward Weston began photographing in a soft-focus style in the 1910s, but by the mid-1920s he had shifted to a purist use of the medium concentrated on simplified forms. Traveling with his lover, Tina Modotti, to Mexico City, Weston opened a studio and immersed himself in the vibrant community of artists and intellectuals, including the painter Diego Rivera. Weston made several close-up portraits of friends and acquaintances, taken slightly below eye level—like this one of Rose Roland Covarrubias.

Published References

Keith F. Davis. Edward Weston: One Hundred Photographs. Kansas City, MO: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1982, 11 (repro.).

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