WESTON (Edward). - Lot 301

WESTON (Edward). Weston's Westons: Portraits and Nudes. Text by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts / Bulfinch Press - Little, Brown and Company, [1980s]. Large in-4, publisher's hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. A beautiful monograph published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, dedicated to one of the most famous aspects of Edward Weston’s (1886–1958) work: his portraits and nudes. The book brings together a substantial selection of photographs spanning the American photographer’s entire career, from portraits of his loved ones, artists, and writers in his circle to the nudes that have become iconic in the history of modern photography. Famous models such as Tina Modotti, Charis Wilson, and members of the Weston family appear alongside studies of the human body in which light, texture, and sculptural forms achieve exceptional purity. The text by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. places these images in their artistic context and traces the evolution of Weston’s photographic language. Weston was a major figure in American modernist photography and a co-founder of the f/64 group, whose influence remains significant throughout 20th-century photography. Richly illustrated with full-page reproductions of remarkable quality. A very fine copy in its illustrated dust jacket.