Feb 13 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2694 -

Sale 2694 - Lot 126

Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)
Carmelita Maracci. 1937; printed 1940s.
Silver print, the image measuring 4⅝x3⅝ inches (11.8x9.2 cm.), flush mounted, the secondary mount 8¼x6⅞ inches (21x17.5 cm.), with Weston's initials and date "1935" in pencil on secondary mount recto, and his signature, title, and date "1935" in pencil on secondary mount verso.

Provenance
A Private Collection in Mexico; to the Present Owner

Also known as Carlotta Grisi, Carmelita was an accomplished modern dancer who knew Weston in Santa Monica.

Reproduced
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP/The University of Arizona), cat no. 1172/1937