Live Auction 12626Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Lot 200

Edward Weston (1886-1958)

Pepper, 1929

Closed18 February 2016

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USD 22,500

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Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Pepper, 1929
gelatin silver print, printed before March 1930
titled, dated, and annotated '1 Pages D & E - June 1930' with other various annotations in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (22 x 18.6 cm.)

Sotheby's, New York, October 6, 2010, lot 127.

Specialist note

In Edward Weston: Photographs, Amy Conger notes that Weston's pepper images from 1929 often reflect the photographer's interest in the complex shapes and folds of the vegetable, rather than the elegant and smooth surfaces that he looked for in 1930. Conger also notes that the present image was Weston's most popular pepper from his 1929 studies.