Valeriy Gerlovin (B. 1945)/Rimma Gerlovina (B. 1951)/Mark Berghash (B. 1935)

unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, signed and dated in silver ink in the margin, framed, 1988

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, American Perspectives: Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, September - November 2000, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2001 (see Appendix 1)

American Perspectives: Photographs from the Polaroid Collection (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2000), pl. 34 (this print)

This Polacolor print is in generally excellent condition. The colors are saturated with no apparent fading. In raking light, a few fingerprints are visible in the lower right corner of the image. On the reverse of the print, light rust-colored staining is visible along the left and right edges.
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