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WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958) "Wm. Edmondson, Stonecutter of Nashville." Ferrotyped silver print, 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), with Weston's signature, title and "Carmel, Calif.;" and cropping notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1941
Originally from the collection of U.S. Camera editor Tom Maloney; to A Private California Collector. In 1937, William Edmondson was the first African-American to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Weston first photographed the artist in September of 1941. This image was taken in December, during Weston's second visit to Tennessee. Other prints of this image (according to Conger) are in the collections of the Chicago Art institute, Santa Cruz Art Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Edward Weston: Photographs, 1690/1941. Edward Weston: His Life and Photographs, 237. Edward Weston: A Legacy, 128.
