Dunes, Oceano

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)

Date1936

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.21 × 24.45 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 13 5/8 inches (35.72 × 34.61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.406

SignedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "EW 1936"; Signed and dated on mount recto, lower right, in artist's hand, in pencil: "Edward Weston 1936".

InscribedTitled on mount verso, top, in pencil: "Sand Dunes, Oceano, Calif"

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "SO"; On mount verso, center left, in pencil: "3/8 [?] / 15 1/2 x 17- / Peach silk mat".

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DescriptionImage of sand dunes. The dunes in the forefront are rippled while the dunes in the background are smoothly undulating.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

American Photography: Recent Additions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 27 – May 14, 2000, no cat.

Rotation 1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 17 - October 25, 2007, no cat.

Rotation 11. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012, no cat.

Rotation 17. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 6, 2014 – January 11, 2015, no cat.

Gallery Label

Famed for his tight close-ups of natural forms from the late 1920s and early 1930s, Edward Weston's work grew broader in both subject and viewpoint in the following years. He traveled throughout the American West in the late 1930s, using his 8 x 10-inch camera to record landscapes from Arizona to Oregon in his now-classic purist style.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1996;
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, cover (repro.).

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