Live Auction 16381An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Lot 37

EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Nude, 1934

Closed5 October 2018

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USD 56,250

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EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Nude, 1934
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed, dated and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (8.2 x 11.4 cm.)

Cole Weston (1919–2003);
David van Riper (El Mochuelo Gallery, Santa Barbara);
acquired from the above by a private collector;
Christie's, New York, April 21, 1994, lot 393;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present lot is originally from the collection of Cole, the artist’s fourth son. Weston was enamored of this particular image and Charis’s graceful authenticity.

She leaned over in her acrobatic way—which might be called artificial, but is not artificial to her—until her breasts touched her thighs—her arms followed the movement toward the base, completing a form of architectural solidity and significance.

— Edward Weston