Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

platinum print, mounted to debossed card, the photographer's estate stamp on the reverse, 1924 (A Singular Aesthetic,  fig. 234)

The Estate of Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Private Collection

Christie's New York, 17 April 1997, Sale 8624, Lot 50

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1978

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paul Outerbridge, Jr., July - September 1987

This platinum print, with a pleasing blue tonality, is in overall excellent condition. There is a nearly indiscernible deposit of retouching on the model's raised arm and there is a tiny fox mark in the underarm area. The debossed mount has a few faint stains, occasional tiny fox-marks, and is slightly yellowed around the perimeter. On the reverse of the mount are tape remains along the upper edge. The estate stamp is numbered '360' in pencil. '779.178 / PO / RG 88.4.4,' '122' (encircled), and '041' (encircled) are also written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse of the mount. There is a small, circular white sticker with typed '19' affixed to the reverse of the mount.
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