William Wegman

unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, framed, a Polaroid Collection label on the reverse, 1979

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 Polaroid print is in generally excellent condition. The colors are rich and saturated, with no apparent fading. In high raking light, superficial surface scratches are visible in the upper portion of the image and, in the lower right quadrant, there are a few small areas of unevenness to the glossy surface. The upper and lower print edges are unevenly trimmed, as is common with large-format Polaroid prints. On the reverse of the print, there are small remains of paper tape in each of the corners.
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