Eliot Porter

(New York: Daniel Wolf Press, 1979, an edition of 250), a portfolio of 10 dye-transfer prints, each mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the portfolio stamp on the reverse, in individual wrappers, 1956-77, printed circa 1979; together with printed title, plate list, and colophon, signed and editioned '65' in ink.  Folio, taupe linen clamshell box with gilt-lettered leather label

These photographs are in generally excellent condition, except where noted below. The color is rich and vibrant, without any apparent fading. Some of the prints have tiny soft impressions that are visible in raking light. There is a very thin excess of dry-mounting tissue visible at some prints' peripheries. There is occasional minor soiling on some of the mounts. The portfolio box and front matter are also in generally excellent condition. The plates are as follows: Redbud trees in bottomland. Near Red River Gorge, Kentucky. April 17, 1968 - There is a tiny loss of emulsion in the lower right corner. Colorful trees. Newfound Gap Road, Great Smokey Mountains, National Park, Tennessee. October, 1967 Foxtail grass. Lake City, Colorado. August, 1957 Shadbush. Near Hillsborough, New Hampshire. April 28, 1957 - There is a tiny grey adhesion of indeterminate nature in the center portion of the image. Columbine leaves, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine. July 27, 1974 - Visible upon extremely close examination are a few, almost imperceptible losses of emulsion in the upper and lower right corners of the image. Frostbitten apples. Tesuque, New Mexico. November 21, 1906 Trunks of maple and birch with oak leaves. Passaconaway Road, New Hampshire. October 7, 1956 - There is a small, thin scratch in the lower portion of the image that does not appear to break the emulsion. Stones and cracked mud. Black Place, New Mexico. June 9, 1977 Rock-eroded stream bed. Coyote Gulch, Utah. August 14, 1971 River edge at sunset. Below Piute Rapids, San Juan River, Colorado. May 24, 1962 - Tiny deposits of retouching are visible in raking light.
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The plates are as follows:

Redbud trees in bottomland. Near Red River Gorge, Kentucky. April 17, 1968

Colorful trees. Newfound Gap Road, Great Smokey Mountains, National Park, Tennessee. October, 1967

Foxtail grass. Lake City, Colorado. August, 1957

Shadbush. Near Hillsborough, New Hampshire. April 28, 1957

Columbine leaves, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine. July 27, 1974

Frostbitten apples. Tesuque, New Mexico. November 21, 1906

Trunks of maple and birch with oak leaves. Passaconaway Road, New Hampshire. October 7, 1956

Stones and cracked mud. Black Place, New Mexico. June 9, 1977

Rock-eroded stream bed. Coyote Gulch, Utah. August 14, 1971

River edge at sunset. Below Piute Rapids, San Juan River, Colorado. May 24, 1962