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Portrait of D. H. Lawrence

Artist Edward Weston (American, 1886 - 1958)
Date1924
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 7/16 inches (24.13 × 18.89 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 inches (45.72 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.44
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower left, in pencil: “Edward Weston 1924 / Mexico D.7”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: “#268”; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: “#26824” / “90.229”.
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionProfile portrait of man, D.H. Lawrence, with beard and dark hair. He looks down with a faint smile and wears a tweed jacket with a collared shirt.
This photograph was accompanied by a postcard (with original image) addressed to Weston from Lawrence, dated December 11, 1924.
Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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