Oct 18, 2011 - Sale 2257

Sale 2257 - Lot 84

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)/WESTON, BRETT (1911-1993)
"Seafowl -- Dead." Silver print, 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), with Edward's initials and date, in pencil, on mount recto and Brett's negative and date notations, in pencil, on mount verso. 1930; printed circa 1952

Additional Details

From Edward Weston; to the collection of John Yang in 1952; by descent to the present owner.
John Yang's notations, in pencil, on mount verso state "Bought from Edward Weston for $25. (While we--Asch--were camping on his lawn for few days.) (Summer 1952)."
Edward Weston: Photographs, 617/1930.
Weston writes: "I had to admit to myself that I was carried away by the unusual subject matter."