WESTON EDWARD (1886 1958) David McAlpins home

Sale 2045 - Lot 440

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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)
David McAlpin's home. Silver print, 71/2x91/2 inches (19x24 cm.), with Weston's initials and date on mount recto. 1941

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An important figure in the world of art and photography, McAlpin was the first philanthropist to donate funds to the Museum of Modern Art for its emerging photography program. He was also an early patron of Ansel Adams and endowed the first professorship in the history of photography, at Princeton University, in 1972.