Edward Weston "Cabbage Leaf", by Cole Weston Photographic silver print by a master Start Price USD 2,000.00 Current Price USD 2,935.00 Time Left - Bid Count 7 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 01, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Location Jacksonville, FL See more about 'Edward Weston "Cabbage Leaf", by Cole Weston' Description Many consider Edward Weston (1886-1958) not just a gifted photographer, but one of the greatest artists this country has produced. This silver print is approximately 7” X 9”. It is a contact print, the negative being the same size as the print. The photograph was made with a large view camera in 1931. It was printed after his death by his son, Cole Weston. I have had this photograph since 1971. It came from the Lee Witkin Gallery, NYC. “The subject of Weston's "Cabbage Leaf", taken in 1931, looks like a fall of gathered cloth; a title is needed to identify it. Thus, the image makes its point in two ways. The form is pleasing, and it is (surprise!) the form of a cabbage leaf. If it were gathered cloth, it wouldn't be so beautiful. We already know that beauty, from the fine arts. Hence the formal qualities of style – the central issue in painting – are, at most, of secondary importance in photography, while what a photograph is of is always of primary importance”. (Susan Sontag, On Photography) Currently this image is selling in galleries (when available) for $5,000 to $6,500. Very hard to find these days. Although it is nicely framed I would disassemble it and ship all but the glass. Place a Bid!