May 20, 2010 - Sale 2215

Sale 2215 - Lot 276

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)/WESTON, COLE (1919-2003)
"Artichoke Halved." Silver print, 7 1/2x9 1/4 inches (19.1x23.5 cm.), with the "Negative by Edward Weston/Print by Cole Weston" notation and the title, date and negative number, in pencil, on mount verso. 1930; printed 1970s

Additional Details

Edward Weston: Photographs, 616/1930.
Art of Edward Weston, 26.
Supreme Instants, 139.
According to Amy Conger, Weston wrote about this seductive image, "Another vulva found in my halved artichoke--and very farfetched the likeness."