mounted, signed, dated, and editioned '2/50' in pencil on the mount, titled and inscribed 'To Ruth, after a day on Point Lobos, from Edward,' in pencil on the reverse, 1934, no. 2 in a projected edition of 50 (Conger 799)

Gift of the photographer to photographer Ruth-Marion Baruch, wife of Pirkle Jones, circa 1945

This early print, on paper with a surface sheen and on a slick white mount, is in generally very good to excellent condition. In raking light, a few very faint scratches, tiny deposits of original retouching, and shallow, faint indentations are visible. None of these detracts from the overall attractive appearance of this print.
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Baruch lived at Wildcat Hill, Edward Weston's home in Carmel, during the summer of 1945 while working on her master's thesis, Edward Weston: The Man, The Artist and The Photographer.