May 20, 2010 - Sale 2215

Sale 2215 - Lot 274

Price Realized: $ 4,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)/WESTON, COLE (1919-2003)
"Pepper No. 30." Silver print, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), with the "Negative by Edward Weston/Print by Cole Weston" notation and the title and date, in pencil, on mount verso. 1930; printed 1970s

Additional Details

Edward Weston: Photographs, 606/1930.
The Art of Edward Weston, 5.
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, 35.
Supreme Instants: The Photography of Edward Weston, 150.
According to Amy Conger, Weston took at least 30 negatives of peppers in August 1930. Weston usually used a tin funnel to hold the pepper, creating a sinuous contour, replacing the white cardboard or muslin backdrop.