Date
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Inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "EW1926"; verso unchecked; verso, on mount, center, printed on sticker, in black ink: The Photographs of Edward Weston / A comprehensive series of 830 photographs selected by Edward / Weston in 1953 as representative of his life’s work, and printed / under his direction by Brett Weston. / This print is one of an edition of six from the negative. / No. [typed in black ink] 4M / Title [typed in black ink] "Excusado," Mexico, 1926;” inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "2" [encircled]; verso, lower right, in graphite: “59.651 / RX 3032”
Dimensions
24.1 × 19.1 cm (image/paper); 40.6 × 34.9 (mount)
Credit Line
Gift of Max McGraw
Reference Number
1959.651
Extended information about this artwork
Art Institute of Chicago, “Far from Home: Photography, Travel, and Inspiration”, January 20 - May 6, 2007. (Liz Siegel and Newell Smith) (Gallery 1).
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Photographer’s Curator: Hugh Edwards at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1959-1970,” May 24-October 29, 2017. (Elizabeth Siegel)
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