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"Willie", St. Roch Cemetary,  New Orleans, Louisiana
"Willie", St. Roch Cemetary, New Orleans, Louisiana

"Willie", St. Roch Cemetary, New Orleans, Louisiana

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.13 x 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2483
InscribedInitialed Signed in artist's hand Initialed "EW 1941" on mount On Mount Notations "Original photograph from the 50th Anniversary Portfolio" Verso ex: Carl Siembab Siembab label on reverse
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DescriptionImage of an urn on moseleum ledge with dead or dying plants inside. Sign reading: 'Willie' at it's base.Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
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, 53 (repro.).

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