Cats on Woodbox

Photography and Media

1944, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958)
printed by Brett Weston (American, 1911–1993)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Edward Weston
Title: Cats on Woodbox
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1944
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "EW1944"; verso unchecked; verso, on mount, center, printed on sticker, in black ink: "The Photographs of Edward Weston / A comprehensive series of 830 photographs selected by Edward / Weston in 1953 as representative of his life’s work, and printed / under his direction by Brett Weston. / This print is one of an edition of six from the negative. / No. [typed in black ink] C 44-CTS-23 / Title [typed in black ink] "Cats on Woodbox, 1944;” inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: “59.835 / RX 3032”
Dimensions: Image/paper: 19.4 × 24.4 cm (7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Mount: 31.8 × 37.7 cm (12 9/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Max McGraw
Reference Number: 1959.835

Travis, David. 2001. “Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel.” Exh. cat. The Art Institute of Chicago/ Distributed Art Publishers: New York. p. 92. cat. 39. pl. 39.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Seldom Seen Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” June 5, 1976-August 15, 1976.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel,” June 2 - October 28, 2001; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 1 - July 9, 2002, (David Travis).

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