Arnold Newman

signed, titled, dated, and copyrighted in pencil in the margin, mounted, the photographer's studio/copyright/reproduction rights stamp on the reverse, 1946, printed later (Five Decades, pl. 61)

Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

This print is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, scattered deposits of original retouching are visible. There is light soiling and a few brown deposits of indeterminate nature on the reverse of the mount. The stamp on the reverse of the mount reads: '© ARNOLD NEWMAN THIS PHOTOGRAPH CANNOT BE COPIED TELEVISED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED AND WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER, IT CAN BE USED FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES ONLY. 39 WEST 67th ST., N. Y. C. 10023.' Also on the reverse of the mount, 'AN1054L-' is annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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