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Inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "EW1941"; 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] NY 41-24W55-1 / Title [typed in black ink] Nude, New York, 1941;” inscribed verso, lower center, in graphite: "1" [encircled]; verso, lower right, in graphite: “59.804 / RX 3032”
Art Institute of Chicago. “Photographs by Edward Weston.” April 8-May 8 1960. (Hugh Edwards)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Textures and Fragments of the City: 20th Century Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago Collection,” August 4-July 29, 1973. (David Travis)
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