Images(2)

Edward Weston

Artist Beaumont Newhall (American, 1908 - 1993)

Printer David Scheinbaum (American, born 1951)

Date1940 (printed 1983)

Mediumgelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (34 × 26 cm)
Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mat: 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of Gil and Eileen Hitchcock, 2015

Object number2015.24.4

DescriptionBlocky, rustic wood building dominates the picture with foreground of iris leaves and vegetation, a climbing plant, and a trellis. In the background are pine trees and other vegetation. At upper left of building, photographer Edward Weston is visible in a square window with a hinged cover/door, with his hands on the sill.
eMuseum Notes

Emuseum Notes

Photographer and photo-historian Beaumont Newhall made this portrait of his friend Edward Weston in 1940, when he visited him at home on Wildcat Hill in Carmel, California. After photographing with Weston at nearby Point Lobos, Newhall felt his pictures there were too influenced by Weston. He decided to tackle a fresh subject, instead: Weston’s house. Among the images he made were Weston’s coffee grinder and kitchen, along with this portrait of the artist looking out of the window in his darkroom.

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