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Artist |
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Brett Weston |
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Title |
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Tin roofs, Mexico
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gelatin silver print, mntd |
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7.9 x 9.4 in. / 20 x 24 cm. |
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Year |
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1926 - |
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Description |
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BRETT WESTON (1911-1993)
Tin Roofs, Mexico, 1926
gelatin... |
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Misc. |
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Signed, Inscribed |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's London: Thursday, May 15, 2008
[Lot 31]
Photographs
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Estimate |
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Provenance |
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Acquired at auction organised by the SVK in Dresden, 1949;
by descent to present owner
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Literature |
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Roh, Foto-Auge, Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fritz Wedekind & Co., 1929, pl.34; Newhall, Brett Weston: Voyage of the Eye, Aperture, 1975, p.93; Eskildsen & Horak (eds.), Film und Foto: der zwanziger Jahre, Württembergischer, 1979, p.121, no.129, variant cropping, dated 'before 1929'; Newhall, The History of Photography from 1839 to the present, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1982, p.189, titled 'Corrugated Iron Roof' & dated '1925'
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