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Edward Weston

Nude

Maker

Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
printer Cole Weston (1919-2003)

Title

Nude

Year

1936

Medium

  • gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

24.1 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Titled on verso in pencil and the notation:Negative by Edward Weston Print by Cole Weston

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

71.117.2

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Changing Poses
The Artist's Model
Nov 12, 2010 – Jun 06, 2011

Label copy

The nude woman in this photograph is Charis Wilson, who began working with Edward Weston in 1934 as his driver and model and soon became his lover and wife. “He didn’t give any directions,” Wilson recalled in an interview, “He just said: ‘Go over there and sit down or lie down, or do what you feel like doing and move around all you want. Change your position as you want to.’” Once when Weston was shooting the empty landscape of Oceano Dunes, California, Wilson spontaneously removed her clothes and began to roll in the sand. The ten resulting images, including this picture, are striking for both their bold compositions and their uninhibited display of the female body.

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Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
printer Cole Weston (1919-2003)
Nude, 1936
Gelatin silver print
24.1 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 71.117.2

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