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Whale Vertebrae
Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958)
1934
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.1 x 24.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Lane Collection
Accession Number2017.2172
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsOn mt below pt l.: 6-50; r.: Edward Weston 1934; verso mt u.l.: 20B (cropped)/20B (WHL?)/2000; u.c.: “Whale Vertebrae”/1934/by/Edward Weston; b.c.: VT 78 (circled)
ProvenanceBetween 1967 and 1973, sold by the family of the artist to William H. Lane (b. 1914 - d. 1995) and Saundra B. Lane, Lunenburg, MA; 2016, gift of Saundra B. Lane to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)