EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) Cypress, Rock, Stone Crop. 1930. Silver print, the image measuring 9½x7½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the mount 18x14 inches (45.7x35.5 cm.), with Weston's signature and date and his initials and edition notation 1/50 in pencil, on mount recto, and the negative notation "42T" in pencil on mount verso.
Provenance A California Collection
This vintage print was likely the first successful print that Weston made of this seminal image. The soft evening light falls on the North Shore of Pt. Lobos, creating a dreamy atmosphere in which bleached cypresses, granite, and stone crop form constellations against the dark background of the cliff. This structure still stands today, 89 years later, with only minor alterations to the cypress. Weston's two-decade career at Point Lobos, starting in 1929, is epitomized by his unrivaled ability to distill moments in the outside world to represent essences of his inward world.
