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Edward Weston
Dummies, MGM Hollywood1939

Not on view
Black and white photograph of two full-length nude male mannequins with antenna-like rods on their heads, standing before a wooden storage rack filled with disassembled mannequin parts

Edward Weston, Dummies, MGM Hollywood, 1939, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Weston
United States, 1886-1958
Title
Dummies, MGM Hollywood
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1939
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.37 × 24.45 cm) Primary support: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.37 × 24.45 cm) Secondary support: 13 15/16 × 15 9/16 in. (35.4 × 39.53 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
40.15.8
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Ehrlich, Susan, ed. Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934-1957. Los Angeles: Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, 1995.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

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