Edward Weston

American | 1886 - 1958

Edward Weston was an American photographer who was born in 1886. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Lillehammer Art Museum. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have featured Edward Weston's work in the past.Edward Weston's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 1,609,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,609,000 USD for nude, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2008. In the past 12 months, his photographs have averaged 18,169 USD.Edward Weston has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, The Seattle Times and ARTnews. The most recent article is American Photography: unforgettable images of the beauty and brutality of a nation written for The Guardian in February 2025. The artist died in 1958.

Artist's alternative names: Edward Henry Weston

Featured for Sale

Pepper No. 30 ,1930

By Edward Weston

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Double Nautilus ,1950

By Edward Weston

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

CYPRESS ROOT AND SUCCULENTS ,1930

By Edward Weston

Waddington's

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At Auction

Notable Lots

'THE BREAST'

By Edward Weston

+134%

above mid-estimate

CHARIS, SANTA MONICA ,1936

By Edward Weston

+161%

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Circus Tent ,1924

By Edward Weston

+57%

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Upcoming Lots

Fifty Photographs

By Edward Weston

PBA Galleries

Shells ,1927

By Edward Weston

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Double Nautilus ,1950

By Edward Weston

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

CYPRESS ROOT AND SUCCULENTS - Edward Weston

CYPRESS ROOT AND SUCCULENTS ,1930

By Edward Weston

Waddington's

RANCHO SONOMA ,1937

By Edward Weston

Waddington's

Recent Auction Results

Carl Sandburg ,1921

By Edward Weston

500 Gallery

Margrethe Mather ,1914

By Edward Weston

500 Gallery

Carmelita Maracci

By Edward Weston

-14%

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Swann Auction Galleries

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Current Exhibitions

A New Look at Photo History: Treasures from the Solander Collection

Photographic Center Northwest

Seattle | Washington | USA

Jan 09,2025 - Mar 20,2025

FRAMED. American urban photography 1907 - 2012

Lillehammer Art Museum

Lillehammer | Norway

Oct 19,2024 - Apr 20,2025

Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum

George Eastman Museum

Rochester | New York | USA

Oct 04,2024 - Aug 31,2025

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Articles

American Photography: unforgettable images of the beauty and brutality of a nation

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Coverage

“ ..Examining Weston’s earliest sharp- and soft-focus photographs reveals that the young artist had already formed a perfect sense of composition that was to be the hallmark of his later work... ”
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Monterey Museum of Art, Pacific Street

“ ..Amid these developments, Weston forged a path that was both conservative and progressive... ”
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J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center

“ ..Weston visited 24 states and traveled nearly 25,000 miles for this project, working with a large 8 x 10 format camera... ”
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Huntsville Museum of Art

“ ..that were new to him convinced Weston to undertake it... ”
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Portland Museum of Art, Maine

“ ..Although he never wanted his images to literally reflect Whitman’s text, Weston did relate to the poet’s plainspoken style and his emphasis on the broad spectrum of human experience... ”
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston