Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Nautilus, 1927
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Cole Weston, the photographer's son; mounted, the photographer's signature facsimile stamp, signed in pencil by Cole Weston, on the reverse, framed.
9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (23.5 x 18.7)
mount 14 7/8 x 13 in. (37.8 x 33 cm.)

Footnotes:
Literature
Conger 544
Ben Maddow, Edward Weston Fifty Years, (Aperture, Millerton, New York, 1973), p. 69.
Beaumont Newhall, Supreme Instants: The Photography of Edward Weston, (New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1986), pl. 26.
Cecil Beaton and Gail Buckland, The Magic Image: The Genius of Photography, (Pavilion Books Limited, London, 1989), p. 158.
Nancy Newhall, Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, (Aperture, New York, 1993), p. 24.
Gilles Mora (ed.), Edward Weston: Forms of Passion, (Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1995), ill. p. 151.
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. et al., Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism, (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999), pl. 32.

This gelatin silver print, trimmed to the image and mounted to card, is in generally excellent condition. The following are visible in raking light: a hairline scratch in the upper left quadrant; scattered small deposits of original retouching; pinpoint-sized impressions; and a 1/4-inch linear impression in the lower left quadrant. The top left corner of the print is slightly creased. The mount is appropriately age-darkened.

On the reverse, the following are written in pencil in various hands: 'Shell, 1927'; '1S'; and '774.' There are adhesive remnants at the upper edge. The lower edge is soiled. Sold framed.