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EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) Guadalupe Marín de Rivera, Mexico, from Edward Weston: Fiftieth Anniversary Portfolio, 1902-1952. November 1923; printed 1952 by Brett Weston. Silver print, the image measuring 8⅛x7 inches (20.6x17.8 cm.), the mount 16x13¾ inches (40.6x34.9 cm.), with Weston's initials and negative date "1924" in pencil on mount recto, and the Portfolio Print stamp with the print number "7" in pencil on mount verso.
Reproduced Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP/The University of Arizona), cat. no. 110/1923
At the time this portrait was made, Guadalupe Marín de Rivera was the wife of Weston's friend, the painter Diego Rivera. She was an impressive woman and when Weston first met her, he noted: "Tall, proud of bearing, almost haughty; her walk was like a panther's… Lupe was easily the most striking figure in the crowd, her dark hair like a tousled mane, her strong voice, almost coarse, dominating."
Although 1924 is the date written in the log and on the prints, it is clear that the portraits were taken in the late fall of 1923, although final prints were not made until January 1924. There is no mention of a later sitting. Weston was obviously satisfied with the results he had obtained; six different poses have survived. (Amy Conger)
