Stephen Shore

(New York: Aperture, 1982), the Collector's Edition of 100. Oblong folio, white cloth cover with stamped credit and title, signed and editioned '98' in ink on the colophon, in matching white cloth slipcase; together with 'Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California,' a chromogenic print issued as part of the Collector's Edition, signed in ink on the reverse, 1979, printed in 1982, enclosed in a beige folio with stamped credit and title (2)

The book is in generally excellent condition. It is number '98' in an edition of '100' from the Collector's Edition. There is some minor soiling on the slipcase, and some rust-colored deposits of indeterminate nature on the spine.The chromogenic print is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain bright and saturated, with no apparent fading. When examined in raking light, a few deposits of original retouching, as well as some fingerprints, are visible near the edges of the image and in the margins. The folio in which the print is enclosed is in excellent condition.
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