Helen Pierce Breaker

mounted, titled in pencil and with the photographer's monogram and date in red ink on the mount, annotated in pencil on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1935

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, 1996

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 39 and 204 (this print)

This photograph, mounted to thin board, is in generally very good to excellent condition. Silvering is visible at the periphery of the print. Upon close examination, a thin line of expertly-applied original retouching is visible running through the center of the image. The mount is lightly soiled on the front and reverse. The upper right corner of the mount is darkened at the edges.
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