mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, the photographer's '1331 Green Street, San Francisco' studio label, with typed title and date, and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title, credit, process, and accession information, on the reverse, 1931, printed no later than 1960 (Photographs, pl. 34; Modernist Years, unpaginated; Ideas without End, pl. 64, p. 125; Portraiture, pl. 57)

Acquired from the photographer in February 1960 for the Library Collection

This print, on slightly warm-toned paper with only a slight surface sheen and mounted to cream-colored board, is in generally excellent condition. There is a tiny nick at the upper right edge of the print. The mount's right and lower edges are a bit rough, but this does not affect the print. The Polaroid Photography Collection label on the reverse has some raised areas due to its not having been applied evenly.
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