signed in ink in the margin, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1971

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, 1996

New York, Thread Waxing Space, Collection in Context: Selected Contemporary Photographs of Hands from the Collection of Henry M. Buhl, September - October 1996, and 8 other national and international venues through 1999 (see Appendix 1)

Marianne Courville, Collection in Context: Selected Contemporary Photographs of Hands from the Collection of Henry M. Buhl (New York, 1996), pl. 49 (this print)

Concerning Photography: Some Thoughts About Reading Photographs (London, 1977), pl. 72

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. In high raking light, a few tiny deposits of original retouching are visible.
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