Untitled (Paint cracked on canvas)
Artist
Brett Weston
(American, 1911 - 1993)
Datecirca 1982 (printed 1985)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (27.3 × 31.1 cm)
Support: 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 45.7 cm)
Mat: 18 × 22 in. (45.7 × 55.9 cm)
Support: 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 45.7 cm)
Mat: 18 × 22 in. (45.7 × 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Caroline Burnett, 2012
Object number2012.6.3
DescriptionClose-up of cracked paint revealing darker surface underneatheMuseum 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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