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Lot 246
Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$688
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Lot Description
BRETT WESTON (AMERICAN, 1911-1993) LEAF AND RAINDROPS
1979. Signed in pencil on recto of board. Gelatin silver print mounted to board.
Image: 10 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (26.7 x 28.3cm).
Board: 15 x 17 5/8 in. (38.1 x 44.8cm).
Brett Weston, Edward Weston's son, was part of Group f/64, which formed in California in the 1930s. They were proponents of "pure photography"—stark, highly detailed large-format black-and-white images. Other members included Ansel Adams, Willard Van Dyke, and Imogen Cunningham.