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Title: Edward Weston Photographs
Date (inclusive): 1918-1946
Collection number: 613
Creator:
Weston, Edward Henry
Extent:
2 document boxes (.75 linear feet)
5 oversize boxes
Abstract: Collection consists of 256 original Edward Weston photographs, taken between 1918 and 1945, and ten pieces of correspondence.
195 of the prints are a series of 8×10 landscape photographs of California that Weston created for Westways magazine. The
remaining images are a variety of matted prints, including landscapes, still lifes, nudes, and portraits. Correspondence is
from Weston to Illiana Rosey and Rosario Mazzeo.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Westways prints, gift of the Automobile Club of Southern California, 1959.
- Fifty prints purchased from Brett Weston, 1981.
- Portraits of Mina Cooper, gift of Herbert Arthur Klein, 1982.
- Correspondence purchased from Jeff Weber Rare Books, 1988.
Processed by Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2002.
A portion of the processing of this collection was generously supported by
Arcadia
funds.
[Identification of item], Edward Weston Photographs (Collection Number 613). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Edward Weston, (American, 1886-1958), was born in Highland Park, Illinois and from an early age was involved with photography.
He studied at the Illinois College of Photography in 1908, afterwards moving to Los Angeles to work for a commercial portrait
studio and eventually starting his own. Weston exhibited his works in many salons and exhibitions, making his works known
in the photographic community. In 1929 Weston moved to Carmel, California, where he would spend the rest of his life. Here
he was fascinated by his surroundings, producing many works in the Point Lobos coastal region. Weston stopped creating photographs
in 1948, suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Collection consists of 256 original Weston gelatin silver prints taken between 1918 and 1945 and ten pieces of correspondence
from Weston. 195 of the prints are a series of 8×10 landscape photographs of California that Weston created for Westways
magazine. The remaining images are a variety of matted prints, the majority taken around Death Valley, Lake Tahoe, and Point
Lobos. In addition, there are five nudes, including one of Tina Modotti, eight still-lives of vegetables and found objects,
and portraits of Mina Cooper, William Wilcox Robinson, Madeleine Ruthven, John Cowper Powys, Dillard King, and Diego and Frieda
Rivera. Correspondence is to Illiana Rosey and Rosario Mazzeo.
Arranged in the following series:
- Westways Magazine
- Landscapes
- Still Lifes
- Portraits
- Correspondence.
Series 1, Westways Magazine, is organized by article themes. Series 2 through 5 are arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Edward Weston---archives.
Westways Magazine.
Photographs.