William Wegman

unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, signed, titled, and dated in ink in the margin, framed, a Polaroid Collection label on the reverse, 1981

DeLand, Florida, Museum of Art, It's a Dog's Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Corporation, January - March 2004, and traveling to 13 other venues through 2009 (see Appendix 1)

This Polacolor print is in generally very good to excellent condition. There is a ½-inch crease breaking the emulsion with a one-inch surface scratch, that does not break the emulsion, extending from the middle of the right print edge. There is a small crack in the lower margin edge, which does not affect the image. There is a ¾-inch linear crease that does not break the emulsion in the lower right quadrant of the image. In high raking light, a few fingerprints and minor surface scuffs are visible overall. In the upper portion of the image, there is a pin-point-sized surface impression. The upper and lower print edges are unevenly trimmed, as is customary with large-format Polaroid prints.
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