Object number:
A69.19.1
Object name:
photograph
Title:
The Great Cloud, Mazatlan, Mexico
Maker:
Edward Weston
Date made:
1923
Material / Technique:
Platinum print
Dimensions:
H: 9.125 in, W: 7.125 in
Credit line:
The Bell Fund
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Content description:
On August 6, 1923, Weston wrote in his "Daybooks:" "I was tempted in Mazatlan to 'go tourist' with my camera, making 'snaps' of street scenes-even doing Tina in her grand coach backed by a ruin. But yesterday I made the first negatives other than matter-of-fact records-negatives with intention. A quite marvelous cloud form tempted me-a sunlit cloud which rose from the bay to become a towering white column" [Edward Weston, "Daybooks," p. 14].
Concepts:
cloud; landscape; abstract
Places:
Mazatlan, Mexico
Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art
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