Alfred Eisenstaedt

signed 'Eisey' in red crayon and with numerical notations by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1930 probably printed in the 1960s; accompanied by the original mount, with copious reduction and cropping notations, labels, and Famous Photographers School lesson stamps, with numbers '8' and '2' in pencil, on the reverse (2) (Remembrances, p. 33; Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt, p. 36)

The photographer

Famous Photographers School, Westport, Connecticut

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. When examined in raking light, deposits of original retouching are visible overall, as are as 2 barely discernible, uneven linear impressions that run horizontally in the upper portion of the image. There are 2 stray linear ink deposits in the left margin each with an adjacent pinpoint-sized impression, and a small label remnant in the right margin. The upper and lower margin edges are ever-so-slightly rippled and the corners are worn. There is yellowed adhesive residue overall on the reverse of the print. The original mount is worn overall: it has been folded in half and has suffered some water-damage along the lower right edge. The stamps on the reverse of the mount read as follows: 'Famous Photographers Schools, Wilton Road, Westport, Conn.'; 'Photo Dept. F. A. S.'; 'Lesson [8 in pencil] Page [2 in pencil] Key: [D in red crayon]'; 'Please Return to Art Archives Graphics Building'; and 'Original Art.' This print was used in the Famous Photographers School Volume I, Lesson 8 (Indoor Lighting), on page 2, and the technical information is as follows: Leica with a 50-mm lens; Tri-X film; 1/50 second at f/8; available light.
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