signed in pencil in the margin, framed, a Love Fine Art, Inc., New York, label on the reverse, 1950, printed later (MoMA, rear cover and p. 65)

This print, on double-weight Agfa paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. Faint silvering and a few fingerprints are visible in the black margins in raking light. The margin edges are intermittently chipped. There is a small abrasion at the right margin corner. The paper is gently rippled at the right edge. The reverse is slightly age-darkened and there is a small area of soiling in the lower right quadrant. '240-81-5' and 'S-63' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. When examined under ultraviolet light, this print appears to fluoresce.
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