Dec 08, 2009 - Sale 2199

Sale 2199 - Lot 261

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)/WESTON, COLE (1919-2003)
"Nude [Bertha, Glendale]." Silver print, 9x7 inches (22.9x17.8 cm.), with the "Negative by Edward Weston/Print by Cole Weston" notation and the title, date and negative number, in pencil, in Cole's hand, on mount verso. 1927; printed 1970s

Additional Details

Nudes, 53.
Edward Weston: Photographs, 539/1927.
According to Amy Conger, "Weston singled out this image and described it: as follows 'A kneeling figure cut at the shoulder, but kneeling does not mean it is passive--it is dancing quite as if she were on her toes! I am in love with this nude. . .' "