| Edward Weston Portrait of Eleanora (Elinore) Stone 1933 Silver contact print 4 1/2x3 5/8 ins (11.4x9.1 cm) (image) Swann Galleries - New York Feb 25, 2020 , Classic & Contemporary Photographs, Sale 2531, Lot 159 LL/96471 Weston apparently gifted this print to his paramour Lydia Parker; by descent to the Present Owner.
A print of this image is in the collection of University of California at Santa Cruz. Stone was the first wife of Weston's oldest son, Brett. In anticipation of a costume party Stone shaved her head to look like Harald Kreutzberg, the well-known dancer.
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