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WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)
“Cypress, Point Lobos.” Silver print, 7
1
/
2
x9
3
/
8
inches (19.1x23.8 cm.), withWeston’s signature, title,
and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and with an inscription from the original owner dated 1930, in
ink, on mount verso. 1929
[10,000/15,000]
The inscription reads: “Had the pleasure of visiting Edward Weston when I bought this picture. Carmel,
California. March 15, 1930.”
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WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958)
Portrait of the poet Robinson Jeffers. Silver print,
4
3
/
8
x3
1
/
2
inches (11.1x8.9 cm.), with Weston’s
signature and date, in pencil, and an extended
caption, in ink, all on mount recto. 1933
[4,000/6,000]
Jeffers is best known for his intense poetry relating to
the central Californian coast written in narrative, epic,
and short verse formats. Often comparing man to the
wild, rugged outdoors, and finding humans and
civilization lacking, Jeffers termed his central
philosophy “inhumanism.” After World War II his
work became increasingly controversial, however he is
considered an influence on many contemporary poets,
and an icon of the environmentalist movement.This
interest in the natural environment ties him
inextricably with many Californian photographers,
includingWeston,Ansel Adams, and Morley Baer.
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