A Million Dollar Photo?
A Rare Edward Weston Photograph from the Museum's Collection

Exhibit Dates: June 26 - October 5, 2008

While the Dennos Museum Center was under construction in 1989, Jack and Ann Ozegovic gifted a vintage photograph by Edward Weston signed and dated 1925. They donated the work with the consent of Judith March Davis, who had given the work to the Ozegovics from the estate of her father, Benjamin March.

On April 7, 2008 in New York City, Sotheby's auctioned a print of what they catalogued as one of three known images of this photo for a record $1.6 million. The print was from the Quillan collection. At the time of the auction Sotheby's was not aware of this important work in the collections of the Dennos Museum Center. The only other museum collection known to hold this image is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

According to Sotheby's, this is one of only four photographic images to sell for over $1 million at auction, but each photo, while printed from the same negative, can be different in quality and condition. How does the Dennos image compare to the one they sold?

Reception & Lecture:
Edward Weston - A Million Dollar Photo
Thursday, June 26, 2008 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Christopher Mahoney, Senior Vice President of Sotheby's Photographs Department, will give a lecture focusing on Edward Weston and the market for his work at 7:00 pm in Milliken Auditorium. Reception to follow.

RSVP by June 23, 2008 at (231) 995-1055
Members free - Non-member $25.00

Image:
Edward Westion
Untitled (Nude Torso) 1925
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Jack and Ann Carlin Ozegovic and Judith March Davis
Dennos Museum Center Collection
© 1981 Center for Creative Photography - Arizona Board of Regents