Nautilus

1927, printed 1940s

Edward Weston

Artist, American, 1886 - 1958

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 23.9 × 19 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 40.5 × 34.5 cm (15 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2021.47.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edward Weston, Carmel, CA; Jean Kellogg [1910–1995], CA; her cousins Abraham and Regula Melden, 1950s; by descent to Private collection; (sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 16 October 2007, lot 30); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: EW 1927; on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Edward Weston / 1927--; top left: 25 / 1927

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