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EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) Carmelita Maracci. 1937; printed 1940s.
Estimate:
$6,000 - $9,000
Sold
$5,200
Live Auction
Fine Photographs
Description
EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)
Carmelita Maracci. 1937; printed 1940s.
Silver print, the image measuring 4⅝x3⅝ inches (11.8x9.2 cm.), flush mounted, the secondary mount 8¼x6⅞ inches (21x17.5 cm.), with Weston’s initials and date "1935" in pencil on secondary mount recto, and his signature, title, and date "1935" in pencil on secondary mount verso.
Provenance
A Private Collection in Mexico; to the Present Owner
Also known as Carlotta Grisi, Carmelita was an accomplished modern dancer who knew Weston in Santa Monica.
Reproduced
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP/The University of Arizona), cat no. 1172/1937
Carmelita Maracci. 1937; printed 1940s.
Silver print, the image measuring 4⅝x3⅝ inches (11.8x9.2 cm.), flush mounted, the secondary mount 8¼x6⅞ inches (21x17.5 cm.), with Weston’s initials and date "1935" in pencil on secondary mount recto, and his signature, title, and date "1935" in pencil on secondary mount verso.
Provenance
A Private Collection in Mexico; to the Present Owner
Also known as Carlotta Grisi, Carmelita was an accomplished modern dancer who knew Weston in Santa Monica.
Reproduced
Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP/The University of Arizona), cat no. 1172/1937
