In Focus: Edward Weston Villa and two sets of embroidered

and two sets of embroidered bed hangings

"Highly recommended for both basic and advanced art collections

5 drawings

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Final chapters describe the Historic Museum of Abomey

In Focus: Edward Weston Villa and two sets of embroideredBrett Abbott Edward Weston (18861958) helped define twentieth century American photography. Weston wed machine age aesthetics with vernacular subjects, pursuing Modernism as a way of seeing. He produced works of art using subject matter as wide ranging as sea shells, green peppers, sand dunes, and nudes, and he set a standard for elegant composition and print technique for generations of photographers. The more than fifty works included here were made