mounted, signed and dated in ink on the mount, the title and annotation 'LM5' in pencil on the reverse, 1962 (MMM, p. 107)

Collection of Louise March, ꧂a Gurdjieff disciple who knew White in Rochester in the 1950s

Acquired from Photo Collect, Inc., New York, 1981

The print offered here comes originally from the collection of Louise March, a disciple of noted spiritual philosopher G. I. Gurdjieff. Beginning in the 1950s, March, who worked with Gurdjieff from 1929 until his death in 1949, convened in Rochester with other pupils interested in Gurdjieff's principles. White, who also resided in Rochester in the 1950s, was deeply influenced by Gurdjieff's ideas and met with March at what later became the Rochester Folk Art Guild. This early photograph is in generally excellent condition. Visible upon close examination are a tiny loss of emulsion in the upper right corner of the image and a small deposit of original retouching in the lower left corner. On the reverse of the mount, there is overall graphite-colored soiling from handling and a 2- by 1½-inch area of adhesive remains. Except for a narrow area at the mount's edges, the reverse is uniformly darkened. Other prints of this image can be found in 'Eye That Shapes,' pl. 142, and 'Rites & Passages,' p. 13.
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