Accession Number
1991/2.98

Title
Tree Roots with Succulents

Artist(s)
Brett Weston

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1951, printed 1955

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
15 1/16 in x 18 in (38.2 cm x 45.7 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum

Label copy
Brett Weston Landscapes Exhibition 2013
Tree Roots with Succulents, from Ten Photographs Portfolio
1955
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum, 1991/2.98

Subject matter
Brett Weston began his career at an early age. His father, Edward Weston, withdrew him from school in 1925, to move to Mexico. During this time, Brett studied under his father and met leading artists of the time, while beginning to develop his own style at the age of 13. He exhibited internationally before the age of 20, including at the influential 1929 exhibition Film und Foto in Stuttgart, Germany. Throughout his seventy year career, Weston produced a large body of work illustrating his technical skill and expert printing style. His photographs often focused on natural subject matter, abstracting plants and landscapes by photographing close-up, cropped scenes.
This image was featured in his "Ten Photographs Portfolio," and depicts a fallen tree in a flattened perspectival plane. The portfolio feautures contact prints from 11 x 14 negatives, and maintains no strict order or theme.

Physical Description
A photograph of a fallen tree surrounded by rocks and succulents. 

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Plants
branches
flora (plants)
modern and contemporary art
nature photography
rocks (landforms)
trees