Eliot Porter

(New York: Daniel Wolf Press, 1981, an edition of 300), a portfolio of 10 dye-transfer prints, each mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, the portfolio copyright stamp on the reverse, 4 within individual wrappers with letterpress title and date, 6 matted, framed, 1953-81, printed in 1981.  Folio, taupe linen clamshell box with gilt-lettered leather label, no. 14 in an edition of 300

The plates are as follows: Maple Leaves and Pine Needles, Tamworth, New Hampshire (framed) Pool in a Brook, Pond Brook, Near Whiteface, New Hampshire Maple Saplings and Rock, Passaconaway, New Hampshire Tidal Marsh, Mount Desert Island, Maine (framed) Red Osier, Near Great Barrington, Maine Hawkweed in Meadow, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine (framed) Sunflower and Sand Dune, Colorado Path in Woods, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine (framed) Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon, Arizona (framed) Sunset Behind Las Tres Virgenes Volcano, Near Mezquital, Baja, California (framed) The photographs are in generally excellent condition. The 6 framed pieces each have an overmat adhered to the top edge of the mount. These do not affect the images or the attractive appearance of the prints.
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