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Nude, 1925 is a black and white photograph taken by Edward Weston in 1925. It holds the record for Weston's most expensive photograph after being sold for $1,609,000 ($2.28 million in 2023 dollars) at the Sotheby's New York on 8 April 2008, to Peter MacGill of the Pace-MacGill Gallery. The photograph was part of the Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs, which was then auctioned.

History and description

Weston did several female nudes at the time, in an attempt to unite photographic realism with a new approach, contemporary art inspired. The picture depicts a nude female body lying on the ground, of which only the torso is seen, from a lateral perspective. The undulated shapes of the body create the illusion of an abstract form, akin to a natural landscape. The model was most likely Miriam Lerner, who was Weston's lover at the time.

Public and private collections

Four known prints of this photograph are in existence. The first was auctioned in 2000 by Sotheby's. The one that was auctioned in 2008 has the artist's signature and date. A third print is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. A fourth print is held at the Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Michigan.

References

1. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
2. Edward Weston's Nude Sells For $1.6 Million at Sotheby's Setting a New Record For The Artist, Art Daily, 8 April 2008
3. Nude at the Sotheby's Official Website
4. Nude (1925) at The Art Story
5. Nude, 1925, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Official Website
6. Dennos Museum Center

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