Meraux Plantation House, Louisiana

Photography and Media

1941, 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: Meraux Plantation House, Louisiana
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 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "EW1941"; 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] L 41-PH-11 / Title [typed in black ink] Burned Piano, 1941;” inscribed verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: “59.811 / RX 3032”
Dimensions: Image/paper: 19.1 × 24.1 cm (7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 34.9 cm (16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Max McGraw
Reference Number: 1959.811

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