Live Auction 2317220th Century Evening Sale
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Lot 7 B

EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Shell (Nautilus), 1927

Closed16 May 2024

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USD 1,071,000

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EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Shell (Nautilus), 1927
gelatin silver print, mounted on original card
signed and dated 'Edward Weston / 1927' in pencil (mount, recto); numbered 'No. 6' by the artist and 'Sold to Lovett' in an unknown hand in pencil, with affixed letterpress East West Galleries label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm.)
mount: 17 ¼ x 14 5/8 in. (43.8 x 37.1 cm.)
secondary mount: 25 x 20 in. (63.5 x 50.8 cm.)

East West Galleries, San Francisco (from the artist).
Bernice Lovett, San Francisco (acquired from the above, 1927, then by descent); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 April 2010, lot 122.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.