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Inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "EW1940"; 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] PL 40-K-4 / Title [typed in black ink] Point Lobos, 1940;” inscribed verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: “59.802 / RX 3032”
Greenough, Sarah, Joel Snyder, David Travis and Colin Westerbeck. 1989. “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/The Art Institute of Chicago. p. 319, cat. 269.
Travis, David. 2001. “Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel.” Exh. cat. The Art Institute of Chicago/Distributed Art Publishers. p. 78, cat. 20, pl. 20.
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography,” May 7–July 30, 1989; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel,” June 2–October 28, 2001; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 1–July 9, 2002. (David Travis)
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