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Lot Description

Eliot Porter

(American, 1901–1990)

Glen Canyon (complete portfolio of ten photographs with original cloth case)

, 1980

dye transfer prints

each signed in pencil (mount recto); each bearing artist stamp (mount verso); signed and numbered 221/250 on colophon

each 15 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches.

Property from the Collection of William J. Kalmer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Condition Report

Each mount: 24 x 20 inches.
Case: 25 1/4 x 21 x 2 inches.

Unframed and mounted; original cloth portfolio case; each with instances of surface dust; #2 with pinpoint size dents to lower right quadrant visible in raking light; #3 with small surface scratch to center; #2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 with pinpoint size dents visible in raking light; #8 with instance of surface dirt to mount near signature; #9 with small spot of surface dirt and small area of loss to upper left quadrant. Overall in good and stable condition .

Please request additional images.

1. Coyote Gulch. Escalante River. August 17, 1971
2. Cliff. Moonlight Creek, San Juan River. May 23, 1962
3. Reflections in pool. Indian Creek, Escalante River. September 22, 1965
4. Redbud in bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon. April 10, 1963
5. Green reflections in stream. Moqui Creek, Glen Canyon. September 2, 1962
6. Amphitheater. Davis Gulch, Escalante basin. May 12, 1965
7. Escalante River outwash. Glen Canyon. September 2, 1962
8. Tamarisk and grass, river's edge. Glen Canyon. August, 1962
9. Waterslide from above. Long Canyon. September 21, 1965
10. Dungeon Canyon. Glen Canyon. August 29, 1961

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