Feb 28, 2012 - Sale 2270

Sale 2270 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 4,800
?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 1/2 inches (23.5x19.1 cm.), with the "Negative by Edward Weston" hand stamp and Cole's signature, and the title, date, and negative number, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount verso. 1930; printed 1970s

Additional Details

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