Winter Idyll

Portfolio TitleDesnudos

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)

Printer Cole Weston (American, 1919 - 2003)

Date1945; printed 1972

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 inches (19.05 × 23.97 cm)
Mount: 13 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (35.4 × 40.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2463

SignedOn mount verso, center, black stamp with pencil: "NEGATIVE / BY / Edward Westib / PRINT / BY / Cole Weston [signature]"

InscribedOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "WINTER IDYLL, 1945".

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "N45-CH-2"

Edition/State/Proofed. of 100

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

Terms

DescriptionImage of a nude woman seated on a swing that is hanging from a large tree. Her left arm is raised which hides her face.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Provenance

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

Nancy Newhall. Edward Weston: Photographer. New York, NY: Aperture, Inc., 1965, 85 (repro.).

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