Form follows function
- Title:
- Form follows function
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Weston, Edward
- Creation Date:
- 1930
- ID Number:
- 2018.095.006
- File Name:
- 2018.095.006.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Art and Photography
- Measurement:
- 23.5 x 15.2 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Stark contrast image with a black background and a smooth white abstract form. The form extends vertically through the frame, narrow and rounded on the bottom, extending up at a slight angle on the left and a more shoulder-like curve to the right, with a thin black vertical line in the middle. On the top, an elbow of handle extends from the top left across over the right.
- Notes:
- Matted gelatin silver print.
- Cite As:
- Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958), Form follows function, 1930. Gelatin silver print, image/sheet: 23.5 x 15.2 cm. Gift of Diann G. Mann, Class of 1966, and Thomas A. Mann, Class of 1964, TR 10042.006.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.