a unique object, Polaroid Polacolor print after a photograph, signed, titled, dated, and annotated in ink and collaged extensively with ink on the image and in the margin, framed, the photographer's credit/gallery/copyright/reproduction rights stamp and The Time Is Always Now label on the reverse, 1965, printed later

Acquired from The Time Is Always Now, New York, circa 2000

This unique Polaroid Polacolor print has not been removed from its driftwood frame. It appears to be in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination, craquelure is visible where the print is collaged with blood. This is typical of Beard's work with similar treatment. A printed information label has been mostly removed from the reverse of the frame.
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