a plate from Fiftieth Anniversary Portfolio, mounted, initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, the portfolio stamp and plate number '8' in pencil on the reverse, 1940, printed in 1951 by Brett Weston, one in an edition of 100 (Supreme Instants, pl. 215)

This photograph is in generally very good to excellent condition. In high raking light, there is light silvering in the dark areas of the image. The print is slightly yellowed along the edges of the image. The off-white mount has intermittent minor foxing along the edges. In the upper section of the mount is a light green translucent deposit of indeterminate nature.
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