The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 25, 2024

Leaf, Hawaii

Leaf, Hawaii

1982
(American, 1911–1993)
Image: 30.9 x 27.2 cm (12 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
© The Brett Weston Archive
Location: not on view

Description

Even though Brett had printed Edward’s negatives under his father’s supervision, he came to believe that “no one can print another photographer’s negatives. There are infinite choices to make.” In 1980 he decided to destroy his own negatives when he turned 80. When the time came 11 years later, he carried through on his promise. A few remaining negatives are in the hands of friends, family, and the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona, but they have been scored through so that posthumous prints cannot be made. Brett Weston died in Kona, Hawaii, in 1993.
  • Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. no. 121, p. 123
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 372
  • Brett Weston: Photographs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 21-May 6, 2018).
    The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.301