Tirage argentique d'époque.

Vintage silver print.

Conger 108;
Ben Maddow, Edward Weston. Fifty Years. The Definitive Volume Of His Photographic Work. Illustrated Biography, New York, Aperture, 1973, ill. p. 113;
Amy Conger, Edward Weston in Mexico. 1923-1926, Albuquerque, San Francisco Museum of Art/ University of New Mexico Press, 1983, ill. fig. 18;
R. H. Cravens (éd.), Edward Weston (Masters of Photography 7), New York, Aperture, 1988, ill. p. 27;
Carole Nagar/ Fred Richtin (éd.), Mexico through Foreign Eyes. 1850-1990. Mexico visto por ojos extranjeros. 1850-1990, New York/Londres, Norton, 1993, ill. p. 219;
Terence Pitts/ Manfred Heiting (éd.), Edward Weston. 1886-1958, Cologne, Taschen, 1999, ill. p. 65;
Tina Modotti & Edward Weston: Mexican Years, cat. expo. Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, 1999, ill. pl. 32;
Anita Brenner, Idols behind Altars: Modern Mexican Art and its Cultural Roots, Mineola, Dover Publications, 2002, ill. pl. 11;
Sarah M. Lowe, Tina Modotti & Edward Weston. The Mexico Years🧜, Londres/ New York, Merrell, 2004, ill. pl. 38 (variante).

This print is in good condition. It is printed on a single-weight semi glossy paper. Light silvering in the dark zones of the image. With a crease of approx 2 cm in the lower right quadrant. and Two one cm creases of approx. 1 cm in the lower left quadrant. With light superficial scratching.
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'This is a striking e꧅xample of a photograph in which h🐲ighlights in the clouds and grass and the subtle shadow details on the masonry work absolutely sing on a semi-glossy paper, but are totally flat and uninteresting on a mat paper.' (Conger, cat. fig. 108)