Neil

Portfolio TitleDesnudos

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)

Printer Cole Weston (American, 1919 - 2003)

Date1925; printed 1972

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/16 inches (23.18 × 17.94 cm)
Mount: 16 × 14 inches (40.64 × 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2457

SignedSigned on mount verso, center, black stamp with pencil: "NEGATIVE / BY / Edward Weston / PRINT BY / [signed] Cole Weston"; Artist's label on mount verso, lower left, white label with black ink and black marker: "EDWARD WESTON / "DESNUDOS" / PRINTED BY COLE WESTON / PORTFOLIO NO. 17 / PRINT NO. 5 / EDITION OF 100 / 1972"

InscribedInscribed on mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "Neil, 1925"

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "44N"

Edition/State/Proofedition 5/100

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

Terms

DescriptionMale nude torso from behind.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

Edward Weston made several nude studies of his young son Neil during the early to mid-1920s. Here, Neil’s body is isolated against a dark backdrop and cropped to emphasize its graceful form. The minimal yet dramatic composition helps give the youthful body both a lyrical and sculptural appearance. This work shows Weston’s movement from soft-focused tendencies toward a more modern style.

Provenance

Eikon Gallery, Chicago, IL;
Purchased from Eikon Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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, 13 (repro.).

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