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ferrotyped, numerical and reduction notations and with the photographer's '81, Rue du Faubourg St. Jacques, Paris-XIV, Port-Royal 23-41' studio and numerical stamps on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, circa 1943, probably printed in the late 1950s or 1960s

Galerie 1900/2000, Paris, 1997

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)

West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January - March 2008

Seoul, South Korea, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Asian tour), March - May 2009, and 2 other Asian venues through 2011 (see Appendix 1)

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 100 and 204 (this print)

This ferrotyped print is in generally very good condition. As is typical of ferrotyped prints, occasional pitting, hairline surface scratches, and a slight unevenness to the glossy surface are visible in raking light. A few deposits of original retouching are visible overall upon close inspection. There is a small handling crease in the upper left quadrant, which does not appear to break the emulsion. The print is trimmed to the image, and the corners are lightly creased with a few resultant tiny chips of emulsion. On the reverse of the print, '259_. .' is stamped in purple ink. Also on the reverse are the following notations in pencil, unless otherwise indicated: '167,' '48' (circled), '175 mm,' '38' (twice, in pink and blue inks), and 'Pic. Sc. 132 A' (in blue ink). When examined under ultraviolet light, this print appears to fluoresce.
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