William Wegman

unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Polaroid Collection label on the reverse, 1987 (Fay, p. 33; William Wegman Polaroids, p. 60, and Funney/Strange, p. 113, all variants)

DeLand, Florida, Museum of Art, It's a Dog's Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Corporation, January - March 2004, and traveling to 13 other venues through 2009 (see Appendix 1)

This Polaroid print is in generally excellent condition. The colors are rich and saturated with no apparent fading. In high raking light, 3 large linear surface scratches are visible along the left and right edges of the image that do not break the emulsion. The print is curling slightly at the edges.
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