mounted, titled and dated twice in pencil and with a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit and title and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1949, printed no later than 1959 (Pleasures and Terrors, pl. 140; Aaron Siskind 100, unpaginated; Aaron Siskind, p. 35; Disappearing Witness, fig. 3.9, p. 40)

Acquired from the photographer in May 1959 for the Library Collection

This early print, on paper with a slight surface sheen, and mounted on heavy board, is in generally very good to excellent condition. There are tiny, barely discernible chips at the left and upper edges, and there is emulsion loss at the tip of the lower right corner. When examined in raking light, the following are visible: a small (about 1/8-inch) accretion in the center; small minor indentations that do not break the emulsion; and a few barely noticeable raised mounting disturbances in the lower left quadrant. There is minor soiling on the front and back of the mount, primarily at the edges.
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