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Leadfield, Death Valley

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)
Date1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 7/16 inches (18.73 × 23.97 cm)
Mount: 13 7/8 × 16 1/8 inches (35.24 × 40.96 cm)
Mat (handling): 15 × 18 inches (38.1 × 45.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy through the Mission Fund
Object numberF57-76/43
SignedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "EW1939"
InscribedOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "DV-L-2G / 1939"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "F57-76/43"
On View
Not on view
Collections
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.

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, 47 (repro.).

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