(Tokyo: Kyoto Shoin Co., 1991, an edition of 500 copies), a portfolio of 51 reproductions of photographs, each tipped along the upper edge to a thin mount, title and plate number blindstamped on the mount, 1980-91, printed in 1991. Folio, hinged brushed aluminum box, no. 106 in an edition of 500

T꧙he Mezzanine Galleryౠ, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, mid-1990s

These laser-scanned lithographic prints are in excellent condition. In raking light, some minor as-issued irregularities to the semi-glossy surface are visible on several plates. On plate 321, there are 2 small soft creases in the lower portion of the print. On plate 322, there is a tiny pin-point-sized loss in the lower right corner of the image. On plate 335, the lower right corner of the print is bumped. On plate 338, there is a small soft crease near the upper left edge of the print. On plate 357, there is a tiny pin-point-sized abrasion in the upper portion of the print. On plate 365, there is a small crease in the lower left quadrant of the image. The aluminum box is in generally excellent condition. The box is accompanied by its original brown paper wrapping with 2 printed labels, each numbered '106' in an unidentified hand in ink.
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