Brett Weston

mounted, signed, titled, and dated in pencil and with a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title and credit and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1946, printed no later than 1957

Acquired from the photographer in May 1957 for the Library Collection

Kurt Markus, ed., Dune: Edward & Brett Weston (Kalispell, 2003), p. 15

This striking early print, mounted to a cream-colored board, is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination in raking light the following are visible: a small air-bubble and mounting disturbance in the lower right corner of the print; 2 pin-point-sized nicks to the emulsion in the upper left quadrant; and tiny deposits of original retouching and matte-surface accretions of indeterminate nature in the upper portion of the print. There are 2 tiny chips to the upper and lower edges of the print. The mount is affixed on the reverse to a mat with 4 small pieces of cloth tape at the top and bottom edges.
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