The Breast (The Source)

1921

Edward Weston

Artist, American, 1886 - 1958

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.05 × 23.5 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.129

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Simon Lowinsky Gallery, Millerton, NY); David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA, 1985; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower left in graphite: "The Breast"; lower right in graphite: Edward Weston 1921 / SOLD [underlined]; by later hand [?], lower left in graphite: renamed "The Source"

Wikidata ID

Q64147309

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