Untitled (Abstraction-Paint)

Artist Brett Weston (American, 1911 - 1993)

Datecirca 1982 (printed 1985)

Mediumgelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (29.5 × 27 cm)
Support: 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm)
Mat: 22 1/8 × 18 in. (56.2 × 45.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of Caroline Burnett, 2012

Object number2012.6.1

DescriptionClose-up of distressed surface with cracked paint
eMuseum Notes

Emuseum Notes

Brett Weston first began photography at age thirteen while on a trip to Mexico with his father, modernist photographer Edward Weston. His intuitive sense of abstraction and high contrast black-and-white images characterize his distinctive style of work throughout his seventy year career. Weston is able to transcribe the negative space he finds in nature and architecture into the forefront of his photographs in a way that highlights the purest form of his subjects.

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