File:Nautilus by Edward Weston.jpg

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Summary

Description

English: Nautilus, photograph of a nautilus shell by Edward Weston, 1927. Publication occurred in 1927, when at least one print of the photograph was offered for sale at the East West Galleries in San Francisco, according to the Sotheby's auction listing.

Date

1927

Source

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Nautilus/9D59F6039944B9FA08AE8AA0BC488186 https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2009/02/post-war-contemporary-art/212

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/photographs-n08624/lot.122.html

Author



Alternative names	Edward Henry Weston; Edward H. Weston
Description	American photographer and diarist
Date of birth/death	24 March 1886	1 January 1958
Location of birth/death	Highland Park	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Work location	California (1906)
Authority file	: Q346988 VIAF: 22173983 ISNI: 0000000108779192 ULAN: 500003372 LCCN: n79021948 NLA: 35602245 WorldCat

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Licensing

The author died in 1958, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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	16:42, 7 October 2024	1,920 × 2,415 (837 KB)	Yann	more background correction
	13:35, 7 October 2024	1,920 × 2,415 (891 KB)	Yann	restored
	10:40, 7 October 2024	1,920 × 2,415 (962 KB)	Yann
	10:33, 7 October 2024	2,000 × 2,000 (135 KB)	Yann	better
	18:26, 2 October 2022	870 × 1,126 (253 KB)	Toohool	Uploaded a work by {{Creator:Edward Weston}} from https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/photographs-n08624/lot.122.html with UploadWizard