Plate II from Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, in Memory of Russell Varian (San Francisco, 1963; edition of 260), mounted, signed in ink on the mount, the portfolio label, with typed plate number and editioned '85' in red ink, on the reverse, framed, a Photography West Gallery, Carmel, label on the reverse, circa 1950, printed in 1963 (400 Photographs, p. 344; Portfolios, p. 62)

Sotheby's New York, 8 April 2008, Sale 8424, Lot 135

This print is in generally excellent condition. There is a tiny chip to the emulsion at the upper right corner. A small circular impression, which does not break the emulsion, in the upper left quadrant is visible in raking light only. 'G-AA 051589-02' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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