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Edward Weston
Mojave Desert1928

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Black and white photograph of two massive granite boulders shot from below, with strong directional light creating deep shadows across their rough, fissured surfaces

Edward Weston, Mojave Desert, 1928, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker: Edward Weston
Title: Mojave Desert
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1928
Medium: Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions: Image: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.05 × 24.13 cm) Mount: 16 1/2 × 17 in. (41.91 × 43.18 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm) Frame: 18 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (46.36 × 56.52 cm)
Credit Line: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number: M.2008.40.2371
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography
Selected Bibliography: Benson, Timothy O. Hans Richter: Encounters. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Copyright: © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

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