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, 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 '99' in ink.  Folio, taupe linen clamshell box with gilt-lettered leather label

Rizzoli's Bookstore, New York, 1980s

By descent to the present owner

These dye-transfer prints are in generally excellent condition. The colors remain rich and saturated, with no apparent fading. There are scattered deposits of original retouching and faint, tiny impressions on several of the prints. The plates, with dimensions, are as follows: 1. 'Coyote Gulch. Escalante River, August 17, 1971' (16 1/8 by 12 3/4 in.) 2. 'Cliff. Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, May 23, 1962' (16 by 12 1/2 in.) 3. 'Reflections in pool. Indian Creek, Escalante River, September 22, 1965' (16 by 11 1/2 in.) 4. 'Redbud in bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon, April 10, 1963' (16 1/8 by 12 5/8 in.) 5. 'Green Reflections in Stream. Moqui Creek, Glen Canyon, September 2, 1962' (16 by 12 5/8 in.) 6. 'Amphitheater. Davis Gulch, Escalante Basin, May 12, 1965' (16 by 12 1/2 in.) 7. 'Escalante River outwash. Glen Canyon, September 2, 1962' (16 by 12 1/4 in.) 8. 'Tamarisk and grass, river's edge. Glen Canyon, August 1961' (11 by 16 1/8 in.) 9. 'Waterslide from above. Long Canyon, September 21, 1965' (12 1/2 by 16 in.) 10. 'Dungeon Canyon. Glen Canyon, August 29, 1961' (16 by 12 1/2 in.) The portfolio case, front matter, and printed wrappers are in generally excellent condition.
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