Lee Friedlander

signed, titled, dated, and annotated '69-19' in pencil and with the photographer's '44 South Mountain Road, New City, New York' studio, copyright, reproduction rights, and print date stamps on the reverse, framed, a Janet Borden Inc., New York, label on the reverse, 1969, probably printed in the early 1970s (MoMA, pl. 160)

This print is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, faint, soft handling creases are visible in the upper margin. According to The Museum of Modern Art's catalogue of the photographer's 2005 retrospective, the size of this image (7 to 11 1/2 inches) is indicative of prints that were made in the early 1970s.
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