Neil

1923

Not on view

A successful photographer in the Pictorialist vein in the 1910s, Weston went on to become a primary exponent of "straight" photography in the 1920s. This photograph sits at a transitional point in his career, created after his meeting with Alfred Stieglitz in New York, but before his extended stay in Mexico, a visit that would bring him into contact with a number of avant-garde artists. Here, Weston captures his young son Neil in a pose that conveys both youthful ease and sculptural equilibrium. If the painterly approach and poetic overtones evoke Weston’s earlier work, the simple but dramatic composition places it firmly within his later oeuvre.

Artwork Details

Title: Neil
Artist: Edward Weston (American, Highland Park, Illinois 1886–1958 Carmel, California)
Date: 1923
Medium: Palladium print
Dimensions: 24.1 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005
Object Number: 2005.100.356
Rights and Reproduction: © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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