Lee Friedlander

signed 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, 1966 (Self Portrait, pl. 22)

Gift of the photographer to Charlotte and Harry Gordon, circa 1966

This slightly warm-toned early print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. There is a small rectangular area of stray exposure in the right margin. When examined in raking light, 2 tiny impressions are visible. The reverse of the print is lightly soiled, with age-darkening at the edges. The photographer's print date stamp reads 'Printed 1960s.'
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Charlotte Gordon was the Art Director of Seventeen magazine in the late 1950s and early 1960s.  Among the small group of photographers and artists she worked with closely were Andy Warhol, Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, and Bob Blechman.  Gordon and her husband Harry formed a close friendship with Friedlander and his wife, Maria.