ABSTRACT: Of the nine hundred eleven artworks in the Art Collection, the most valuable body of artworks by a single artist is the Edward Henry Weston photographs consisting of one hundred thirty-eight photographs. Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) is considered “one of the masters of 20th century photography.” Weston used a l0" x 8" inch view camera and most of his prints were contact prints. A list of photographs, according to categories, including VINTAGE PRINTS, PROJECT PRINTS, PORTFOLIO PRINTS and PORTRAIT PRINTS, is presented. A majority of the photographic prints are from the Edward Weston Family and a minority from individual donors. VINTAGE PRINTS, taken and developed by Edward Weston, are generally the most valuable. PROJECT PRINTS, negatives by Edward Weston and developed later by his son Brett Weston, but overseen by Edward Weston, are the next most valuable photographs. PORTFOLIO PRINTS, commemorating Weston’s 50th Anniversary, developed circa 1950-1951, and PORTRAIT PRINTS, are also presented. For comparable value ranges for the prints and comparable images, visit ARTINFO and/or the Weston Gallery.
Research, based on comparative value estimates by professionals, estimate the value of all the Edward Weston photographic prints to be conservatively over $1,000,000. ADDENDUM, BIBLIOGRAPHY and RESOURCES are provided.
EDWARD WESTON BY VINTAGE PRINT, PROJECT PRINT, PORTFOLIO PRINT, PORTRAIT PRINT, OTHER:
VINTAGE PRINTS (9) (arranged by date of negative):
Title/Description
"Bertha Wordell, 1923" [Vintage Print]
"Kelp, 1930" [Vintage Print]
Untitled (Barn, 1930) [Vintage Print]
"Point Lobos, 1938" [Vintage Print (PL-R-20G)]
Untitled (Wave Breaking on Rock, 1946) [Vintage Print]
"West Courtyard of La Rambla" [Vintage Print]
"West Entry to La Rambla" [Vintage Print]
"Rear Courtyard of La Rambla" [Vintage Print]
"Betty Anne McCarthy" [Vintage Print]
PROJECT PRINTS (105) (arranged by theme and date of negative):
Themes:
Title/Description
Cypress:
"Cypress, 1929" [Project Print (9T)]
"Cypress Root and Rocks, Pebble Beach, 1929" [Project Print (22T)]
"Cypress, Pebble Beach, 1932" [Project Print (54T)]
Dunes & Sand:
"Dunes, 1934" [Project Print (18SO)]
"Dunes, Oceano, 1936" [Project Print (37SO)]
"Dunes, Oceano, 1936" [Project Print (45SO)]
"Dunes Oceano, 1936" [Project Print (47 SO)]
"Dunes, Oceano, 1936" [Project Print (60SO)]
"Tracks in Sand, 1937" [Project Print (NG-LR-3g)]
Geographical Locales:
"Ships, San Francisco, 1925" [Project Print (8M)]
"Excusado, Mexico, 1926" [Project Print (4M)]
"Janitzio, Mexico, 1926" [Project Print (1L)]
"Pottery, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1926" [Project Print (3 Mi)]
"Pulqueria, Mexico, 1926" [Project Print (60A)]
"Willow, Santa Cruz, 1933" [Project Print (63T)]
"Castroville Barn, 1934" [Project Print (49A)]
"San Juan Ranch, Carmel, 1934" [Project Print (42L)]
"Fence, Big Sur, 1935" [Project Print (46L)]
"Aspen Valley, New Mexico, 1937" [Project Print (NM-Av-4g)]
"Grass Against Sea, 1937" [Project Print (SC-3S-2g)]
Comparable Image
"Iceberg Lake, 1937" [Project Print (E-IL-5g)]
Comparable Image
"Juniper, Lake Tenaya, 1937" [Project Print (J1-C-1g)]
"Landscape in Mt. Lassen National Park, 1937" [Project Print (NE-L-2g)]
"Tomales Bay, 1937" [Project Print (NC-TB-2G)]
"Tomato Field, 1937" [Project Print (SC-BS-1g)]
"20-Mule Canyon, Death Valley, 1938" [Project Print C837 (DV-TME-3G)]
Comparable Image
"Badwater, Death Valley, 1938" [Project Print (DV-Mi-24g)]
"Branches and Snow, Yosemite, 1938" [Project Print (YS-TB(R?)-5G)]
"Dante's View, Death Valley, 1938" [Project Print (DV-DV-16g)]
"Floor of Death Valley from Dante's View, 1938" [Project Print (DV-DV-14g)]
"Golden Canyon, Death Valley, 1938" [Project Print (DV-GC-10g)]
"Golden Canyon, Death Valley, 1938" [Project Print (DV-GC-12g)]
"Melting Ice, 1938" [Project Print (A-P-3G)]
"Rhyolite, Nevada, 1938" [Project Print (DV-R-2G)]
Comparable Image
"The Panamints, 1938" [Project Print (DV-P-4g)]
"Barn, Salinas, 1939" [Project Print (MC39-S-1)]
"Death Valley, 1939" [Project Print (DV-39c-5g)]
"Lettuce Ranch, Salinas Valley, 1939" [Project Print (36L)]
"Point Sur, 1940" [Project Print (SSH 40-S-3)]
"Abandoned Piano, Meraux Plantation, Louisiana, 1941" [Project Print (L41PH11)]
"Boulder Dam, 1941" (now Hoover Dam) [Project Print (N41-BD-1)]
"Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, 1941" [Project Print (A41-CC-3)]
"Wedding Cake House, Kennebunk, Maine, 1941" [Project Print (ME 41-K-1)]
"Fog, California Coast, 1945" [Project Print (C45-NE S-2)]
Individuals:
"Johan, Redondo, 1920" [Project Print (55PO)]
"Margarethe, 1921" [Project Print (52-PO)]
"Diego Rivera, 1924" [Project Print (5PO)]
Comparable Image
"Robinson Jeffers, 1933" [Project Print]
"Boatbuilder, 1935" (Weston's Son Neil) [Project Print (39 M)]
"Igor Stravinsky, 1935" [Project Print]
Comparable Image
Comparable Image
Collection Center for Creative Photography,University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, AZ.
"Arnold Schonberg, 1936" [Project Print]
"Sahuaro, 1938" [Project Print (A-S-2g)]
"Mr. Brown Jones, Atlanta, 1941" [Project Print (G41-A-4)]
"Mr. and Mrs. Fry, Austin, Texas, 1941" [Project Print (TX 41-A-Z)]
"Franky, 1945" [Project Print (C 45-CTS-13)]
"Willard Van Dyke, Point Lobos, 1945" [Project Print (PO 45-W1)]
Nude:
"Nude, 1926" [Project Print (51N)]
"Nude, 1943" [Project Print (N 43-CH-1)]
"Nude" [Project Print (142N)]
"Nude" [Project Print (151N)]
"Nude" [Project Print (159N)]
"Nude" [Project Print (167N)]
"Nude on Sand, 1937" [Project Print (235 N)]
Objects:
"Egg Slicer, 1930" [Project Print (25M)]
"Eroded Plank from Barley Sifter, 1931" [Project Print (53T)]
"Cement Mixer's Glove, 1936" [Project Print (28Mi)]
"Potato Cellar, 1937" [Project Print (LT-5G)]
"Debris with Tire, 1940" [Project Print (SSH 40-A-Z)]
"Santa Fe Locomotive, 1942" [Project Print (LA 42-SF-2)]
Organic Objects:
"Succulent, 1930" [Project Print (2C)]
"Toadstool, 1932" [Project Print (8FU)]
"Driftwood Stump, 1937" [Project Print (NC-CC-6g)]
"Juniper Bark, 1937" [Project Print (J1-C-1G)]
"Stump, 1937" [Project Print (NC-CC-2G)]
Point Lobos:
"Erosion, Point Lobos, 1929" [Project Print (15R)]
"Cannery, Point Lobos, 1930" [Project Print (25A)]
"Kelp, 1930" [Project Print (11K)]
"Kelp, 1930" [Project Print (12K)]
"China Cove, Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-L-23g)]
"Point Lobos, 1930" [Project Print (29R)]
"Point Lobos, 1930" [Project Print (31R)]
"Point Lobos, 1930" [Project Print (56R)]
"Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-L-10g)]
"Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-L-16g)]
"Foam, Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-P-1G)]
"Surf, Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-S-17G)]
"Surf, Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-S-3G)]
"Surf, Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-S-15G)]
"The Monastary From Point Lobos, 1938" [Project Print (PL-L-14g)]
"Point Lobos, 1939" [Project Print (PL-R--25g)]
"Stonecrop and Cypress, Point Lobos, 1939" [Project Print (PL-39-Mi-1)]
"Cypress, Point Lobos, 1940" [Project Print (PL 40-T-3)]
"Floating Kelp, Point Lobos, 1940" [Project Print (PL 40-K-4)]
"Stonecrop and Cypress, Point Lobos, 1941" [Project Print (PL-41-T-1)]
"Dead Pelican, Point Lobos, 1942" [Project Print (PL 42 Ni-1)]
"Sandstone Erosion, Point Lobos, 1942" [Project Print (PL 42-R-3)]
"Point Lobos, 1944" [Project Print (PL44-R-5)]
"Beach, Point Lobos, 1948" [Project Print (PL48-R-1)]
Shell:
"Shell, 1927" [Project Print (2S)]
"Shell, 1927" [Project Print (14S)]
"Shell, Point Lobos, 1937" [Project Print (15S)]
Vegetables:
"Artichoke Halved, 1930" [Project Print (28 V)]
"Pepper, 1930" [Project Print (31P)]
"Winter Squash, 1930" [Project Print (34V)]
"Cauliflower, 1931" [Project Print (51V)]
PORTIFOLIO PRINTS (12) (arranged by #):
Title/Description
"Cabbage Leaf, 1931" [50th Anniversary Portfolio Print]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Eel River, 1937" [Portfolio Print # 2]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"David H. McAlpin, New York, 1941" [Portfolio Print # 3]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Eroded Rock, Point Lobos, 1930" [Portfolio Print # 4]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Nude, 1936" [Portfolio Print # 5]
Comparable Image
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Wall Scrawls, Hornitos, 1940" [Portfolio Print # 6]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Guadalupe, Mexico, 1924" [Portfolio Print # 7]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Church Door, Hornitos, 1940" [Portfolio Print # 8]
Comparable Image
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"North Dome, Point Lobos, 1946" [Portfolio Print # 9]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"William Edmondson, Sculptor, Nashville, 1941" [Portfolio Print # 10]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Willie, New Orleans, 1941" [Portfolio Print # 11]
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
"Dunes, Oceano, 1936" [Portfolio Print # 12]
Comparable Image
Comparable Image
George Eastman House
Edward Weston/50th Anniversary Portfolio Images
PORTRAIT PROOFS (6) (arranged by date of negative):
Title/Description
"Charlotte Kellogg" [Portrait Proofs]
"Charlotte Kellogg, 1931" [Portrait]
"Jean Kellogg Dickie, 1943"
"Jean Kellogg Dickie, 1943"
"Charlotte Kellogg and her daughter, Jean, 1945"
"Charlotte Kellogg, 1945" [Portrait]
OTHER (6) (arranged by date of negative):
Title/Description
"Shells, 1927"
"Beach Rocks, 1929"
Robinson Jeffers, 1929
"Cypress Stump, 1930"
Untitled (Point Lobos, 1938) (PL-L-1g)
Robinson Jeffers
ADDENDUM:
Edward Weston Biography, (American, 1886-1958)
Edward Weston Brief History
Images
Most Popular: "Pepper #30"; "Dunes, Oceano", "Nude, 1936"
Price History:
1970s: $500 - $1,500
1980s: $3,000 - $50,000
1990s: $10,000 - $300,000
Current: $5,000 - $1.6M
Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona
Edward Weston Photographs
(Weston Archives)
Collection of 2997 Photographs
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Edward Weston: photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Abbott, Brett, 1978-, J. Paul Getty Museum, c2005.
Edward Weston: a legacy, Merrell, 2003.
Original sources: art and archives at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, c2002.
Edward Weston, the last years in Carmel, Weston, Edward, Art Institute; distributed by D.A.P., c2001.
Edward Weston's California landscapes, Enyeart, James, Little, Brown, c1984.
Edward Weston: photography and modernism, Stebbins, Theodore E., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Bulfinch Press, c1999.
Supreme instants: the photography of Edward Weston, Weston, Edward, 1886-1958, Little, Brown, c1986.
Edward Weston omnibus: a critical anthology, G.M. Smith : Peregrine Smith Books, 1984.
Edward Weston, photographer: the flame of recognition: his photographs accompanied by excerpts for the Daybooks & letters... , Weston, Edward, 1886-1958, Aperture, c1965.
My camera on Point Lobos: 30 photographs and excerpts from E.W.'s daybook, Weston, Edward, V. Adams; Houghton Mifflin, 1950.
RESOURCES:
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LIBRARIES
Weston, Edward (1886-1958)
GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE NOTES ON PHOTOGRAPHS
Edward Weston
ARTINFO
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