Aaron Siskind

mounted, titled in pencil, and with a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit and title and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1954, printed no later than 1959 (Pleasures and Terrors, pl. 152; Aperture 95, Summer 1984, p. 15)

Acquired from the photographer in May 1959 for the Library Collection

This early print, on paper with a surface sheen and mounted to board, is in generally very good to excellent condition. The right and left edges are rubbed, and there are tiny, barely discernible losses. In raking light, a small, crescent-shaped soft crease is visible in the lower left quadrant. It does not break the emulsion and likely occurred prior to or during mounting. The board is lightly soiled and age-darkened at the edges. There are pin holes in the corners.
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