The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

White Radish

1933

Edward Weston

(American, 1886–1958)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 24.3 x 18.3 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 24.3 x 18.3 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.); Mounted: 44.8 x 35.5 cm (17 5/8 x 14 in.)
Gift of Diann G. Mann and Thomas A. Mann 2019.25
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

An early adherent of vegetarianism, when Weston was done making his vegetable “portraits,” he ate their subjects.

Description

Weston’s vegetable still lifes accurately record their humble subjects, yet at the same time imbue them with suggestive references to the human body. Friends sought out and brought him unusually shaped produce. He photographed this multilobed radish seven times, creating a different composition for each negative. This print is believed to be the only one ever made from this negative.
  • May 8, 1984
    Sotheby's, New York, NY
    May 8, 1984
    Thomas A. and Diann G. Mann, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
    March 4, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks. 2018.
    Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Acquisitions 2019: Photography.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 24-26. Reproduced: P. 26.
  • {{cite web|title=White Radish|url=false|author=Edward Weston|year=1933|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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