Minor White

mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit, title, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1948, printed no later than 1957 (MMM, p. 47; Rites and Passages, p. 83)

Acquired from the photographer in September 1957 for the Library Collection

This print is in generally excellent conditon. Upon close examination in raking light, tiny deposits of original retouching are visible in the upper right corner of the sky. Also visible is a small mounting disturbance in the upper central portion of the image, likely a particle trapped between the print and mount. There are a few stray graphite-colored marks on the front and reverse of the mount. The mount is hinged along its upper edge of the front and reverse to a mat and mat window with two pieces of linen tape.
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