Deborah Turbeville

6 photographs, comprising 3 Polaroid Type 107 prints and 3 toned gelatin silver prints from Polaroid Type 665 negatives, 2 framed, Innovation/Imagination exhibition labels on the reverse, 1970s (6)

American Vogue Shoe Editorial and Forgotten Girl:

San Francisco, The Friends of Photography, Innovation/Imagination: 50 Years of Polaroid Photography, May - July 1999, and traveling to 11 other venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Tannenbaum Hair Stylists Poster for Salon:

The Polaroid Book (Köln, 2008), p. 271 (this print)

Dayton's Oral Room:

The Polaroid Book (Köln, 2008), p. 271 (this print)

American Vogue Shoe Editorial:

Innovation/Imagination: 50 Years of Polaroid Photography (The Friends of Photography, 1999), p. 36 (this print)

Forgotten Girl:

Innovation/Imagination: 50 Years of Polaroid Photography (The Friends of Photography, 1999), p. 37 (this print)

Figure against wall - This unique Polaroid Type 107 print, with credit and technical notations in pencil and ink on the reverse, is in generally good condition. There are 5 tack-holes in the image and upper margin, fingerprints overall, and a faint horizontal crease in lower portion of image. Figure in street - This unique Polaroid Type 107 print, with credit in pencil on the reverse, is in generally good condition. Fingerprints and 2 small sharp creases that do not break the emulsion are visible upon close examination. Dayton's Oral Room - This unique Polaroid Type 105 print appears to be uncoated, which has resulted in a tarnished quality at the image periphery. Tannenbaum Hair Stylists Poster for Salon - This toned gelatin silver print from a Polaroid Type 665 negative is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, some small soft handling creases that do not break the emulsion are visible. '#9261' is written in pencil on the reverse. American Vogue Shoe Editorial - This toned gelatin silver print from a Type 665 negative is in generally excellent condition. At the image periphery, a thin line of graphite, likely offset from a previous mat, is visible. '7867' is written in ink on the reverse. This print is framed. Forgotten Girl - This toned gelatin silver print from a Polaroid Type 665 negative is in generally excellent condition. At the image periphery, a thin line of graphite, likely offset from a previous mat, is visible. '7865' is written in pencil on the reverse. This print is framed.
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