Siberia (Mojave Desert)

1937

Edward Weston

Associated Names
Edward Weston

Artist, American, 1886 - 1958

The image depicts a desert landscape with an oversized cup and saucer inscribed with "HOT COFFEE" in the foreground. In the background, there are distant mountains under a hazy sky on the upper third of the composition. The desert terrain extends to the horizon, with sparse shrubs and stones scattered throughout. The color scheme is mainly grayscale, emphasizing the contrast between the bright cup and the muted desert. The photo juxtaposes an ordinary object in a vast natural setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.1 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.160

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Photocollect, New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 19 November 1990; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, top center in graphite: "Siberia" / Mojave Desert; by unknown hand, top left in graphite circled: 78; upper left perpendicular: 4; center: MD-HSS-1; bottom left: 585052roto; bottom center circled: 182; bottom right: H4545-23-21; bottom right: 90:94

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