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Edward Weston , Artist Cole Weston , Printer
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About the Artwork

Shell

1927

Edward Weston (Artist) American, 1886-1958 Cole Weston (Printer) American, 1919-2003

Gelatin silver print

Image: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm) Mount: 15 × 13 1/4 inches (38.1 × 33.7 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Thomas Halsted

F77.15

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Markings

Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, verso, upper left corner: 1S Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, verso, upper right corner: Shell, 1927.

Stamped, in black ink, on mount, verso, upper center: NEGATIVE | BY | Edward Weston | PRINT | BY | Cole Weston [signed in pencil].

Provenance

Thomas Halsted (Birmingham, Michigan, USA);
1977-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Barr, Nancy W. "The Legacy of Photographic Modernism in America: Edward Weston's 'Photographic Art' and Charles Sheeler's 'Wheels.'" Bulletin of the DIA 80, nos. 1/2 (2006): p. 48 (fig. 7).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Edward Weston, Shell, 1927, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Thomas Halsted, F77.15.

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