Eliot Porter

(New York: Daniel Wolf Press, 1980, an edition of 250), a portfolio of 10 dye-transfer prints, each mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, all but one with the portfolio and copyright stamp on the reverse, in individual wrappers with letterpress title and date, 1961-71, printed in 1980; together with the printed title, plate list and colophon, signed and editioned '151' in ink.  Folio, taupe linen clamshell box with gilt-lettered leather label

These photographs are in generally excellent condition. There is scattered original retouching and faint, tiny impressions in several of the prints. The color is rich and saturated. The plates include: Coyote Gulch. Escalante River, August 17, 1971 - There is a faint tideline--approximately 3 1/2 inches--in the lower left corner of the mount. Cliff. Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, May 23, 1962 Reflections in Pool. Indian Creek, Escalante River, September 22, 1965 Redbud in Bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon, April 10, 1963 Green Reflections in Stream. Moqui Creek, Glen Canyon, September 2, 1962 - Visible in high raking light are small, translucent deposits in the upper portion of the image. A thin layer of emulsion is folded back at the upper right corner of the image near the tip. Amphitheater. Davis Gulch, Escalante Basin, May 12, 1965 - The lower edge is slightly rubbed. Escalante River Outwash. Glen Canyon, September 2, 1962 Tamarisk and Grass, River's Edge. Glen Canyon, August 1961 - This print is not stamped on the reverse. There is a stray red marking on the front of the wrapper. Waterslide from Above. Long Canyon, September 21, 1965 Dungeon Canyon. Glen Canyon, August 29, 1961 The portfolio case and front matter are in generally excellent condition. The printed wrappers are numbered in pencil in the lower right corner. There is a slight crimp in the spine of the portfolio case.
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The plates include:

Coyote Gulch. Escalante River, August 17, 1971

Cliff. Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, May 23, 1962

Reflections in Pool. Indian Creek, Escalante River, September 22, 1965

Redbud in Bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon, April 10, 1963

Green Reflections in Stream. Moqui Creek, Glen Canyon, September 2, 1962

Amphitheater. Davis Gulch, Escalante Basin, May 12, 1965

Escalante River Outwash. Glen Canyon, September 2, 1962

Tamarisk and Grass, River's Edge. Glen Canyon, August 1961

Waterslide from Above. Long Canyon, September 21, 1965

Dungeon Canyon. Glen Canyon, August 29, 1961