Minor White

mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title, credit, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1954, printed no later than 1957 (The Eye That Shapes, p. 144; Image, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 1976, p. 32)

Acquired from the photographer in September 1957 for the Library Collection

This early print, on paper with a slight surface sheen and mounted on cream-colored board, is in generally very good to excellent condition. There is a small emulsion loss at the upper edge of the print. When examined in raking light, a faint impression of the label on the back of the mount is visible. An overmat is attached to the mount with 3 pieces of cloth tape on the reverse.
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