Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

platinum print, mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, 1924 (A Singular Aesthetic, pl. 35 [this print]; Photographs, p. 53; Taschen, p. 37)

The Estate of Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

The Laguna Beach, California, Museum of Art

Christie's New York, 23 April 1996, Sale 8390, Lot 293

Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Paul Outerbridge: A Singular Aesthetic, Photographs and Drawings, 1921-1924, November 1981 - January 1982, and traveling to 14 other venues through 1990

Unlike the other platinum prints by Outerbridge offered in this catalogue, this dazzling print has a cool tonality. The prints tones range from a deep back to a sparkling white in the highlights. It is in excellent condition. The print is on Outerbridge's characteristic thin board mount, with a debossed area into which the photograph has been carefully affixed. The mount shows minor wear at the edges and corners, and, on the reverse, has old paper tape remains on all 4 edges, almost certainly indicating that it was originally in an overmat.
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At the time of this writing, it is believed that  there are approximately 3 prints of this image extant.