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Edward Weston and Cole Weston

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1926

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Shell

1926

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Mount: 380 x 335 mm. (14 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.) Image/Sheet: 236 x 187 mm. (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Therese and Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore
Object Number 1998.429
Mounted on white mat board.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1989; Therese and Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore; estate of the artist
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.

Inscribed: Verso of mount: C: (black ink): 'NEGATIVE BY Edward Weston, PRINT BY Cole Weston [signed in graphite]'; TR (graphite): 'SHELL, 1927'; TL (graphite): '1S'; BL (graphite): '80-0046'.

Artist

Edward Weston

1885–1957

American, 1886-1958
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Printer

Cole Weston

1918–2002

American, 1919-2003
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