Black-and-white photograph of bright rays of sunlight beaming from behind a dark cloud over water

Untitled [clouds, water, skyscape]

Artist Brett Weston (American, 1911 - 1993)

Dateca. 1985

Dimensionssheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

ClassificationPhotograph

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift from the Christian Keesee Collection

Object number2018.13.41

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Untitled [jellyfish]

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