platinum-palladium print, blindstamped in the margin, signed, title, date, edition '6/10' and annotations in pencil on the reverse, 1940, printed later (Form Horst, pl. 15, variant)

This striking warm-toned platinum print, on paper with a deckled edge, is in generally excellent condition. The annotations in pencil on the reverse read: 'H.P.H. #39C'; 'Edit. size 10 + (1) P/P'; '(M.T.).' All annotations are by R. J. Horst.
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