Various Photographers

a group of 5 unique Polaroid Type 50 prints by MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM, MILTON HALBERSTADT, and PIRKLE JONES, each with typed or stamped credit and captions in the margins or on the reverse, one framed, 1960s (5)

Ansel Adams with Cats and Adams in Profile:

Pittsburgh, Ansel Adams at Silver Eye Center for Photography, November 1999 - January 2000

Quito, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, From the Polaroid Collection: Ansel Adams, sponsored by the Embassy of the United States, October - November 2001, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2003 (see Appendix 1)

Ansel Adams with Cats (Bourke-White) - This Polaroid is in generally excellent condition. It is stamped '#1 MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE Ansel Adams ORIGINAL PRINT' in the margin. In high raking light, various criss-crossing striations are visible, likely a result of the Polaroid coating process. 'BW' and 'X' are annotated in black and red ink, respectively, in the lower right margin corner. A Polaroid stamp on the reverse reads: 'Return to: Mike Ciccarelli or Don Deny [illegible] Polaroid Corporation Cambridge 39, Mass.' Credit 'M B-W' is in an unidentified hand in pencil. Ansel Adams with Camera (Jones) - This Polaroid is in generally excellent condition. Ansel Adams with Eye Glasses (Halberstadt) - This Polaroid is in generally excellent condition. Ansel Adams in Profile (Cunningham) - In raking light, a small crescent-shaped crease that does not break the emulsion is visible in the lower left quadrant of the image. 'I C' is written in an unidentified hand in ink in the lower right margin corner. Ansel Adams in doorway (Cunningham) - In raking light a small crescent-shaped crease that does not break the emulsion is visible in the lower right quadrant of the image. 'I. C.' is written in an unidentified hand in ink in the lower right margin corner.
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