Lewis Baltz Santa Cruz
Lewis Baltz
1945 - 2014
Santa Cruz
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, the edges inked, mounted again, signed in ink and with the photographer’s mailing label, typed title, date, and collection information, on the reverse, framed
image: 5½ by 8⅜ in. (14 by 21.3 cm.)
frame: 17⅛ by 15⅛ in. (43.5 by 38.4 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This early print is in generally very good condition. It is trimmed to the image and flush-mounted to another sheet of processed photographic paper as was the artist's practice. The tips of the corners are clipped diagonally and the edges are accentuated in ink. There is a small scratch at the lower edge that appears to break the emulsion. The print is lifting slightly from the mount at the left edge.
On the reverse of the mount, there are inactive adhesive remnants. ‘LB36468’ is written in pencil in an unidentified hand. The typed label lists:
‘Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Art Institute of Chicago’
This print has recently undergone conservation. Please contact the Photographs Department for a treatment report.
Provenance:
Acquired from the photographer in the 1970s
By descent to the present owner
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Lewis Baltz
1945 - 2014
Santa Cruz
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, the edges inked, mounted again, signed in ink and with the photographer’s mailing label, typed title, date, and collection information, on the reverse, framed
image: 5½ by 8⅜ in. (14 by 21.3 cm.)
frame: 17⅛ by 15⅛ in. (43.5 by 38.4 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This early print is in generally very good condition. It is trimmed to the image and flush-mounted to another sheet of processed photographic paper as was the artist's practice. The tips of the corners are clipped diagonally and the edges are accentuated in ink. There is a small scratch at the lower edge that appears to break the emulsion. The print is lifting slightly from the mount at the left edge.
On the reverse of the mount, there are inactive adhesive remnants. ‘LB36468’ is written in pencil in an unidentified hand. The typed label lists:
‘Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Art Institute of Chicago’
This print has recently undergone conservation. Please contact the Photographs Department for a treatment report.
Provenance:
Acquired from the photographer in the 1970s
By descent to the present owner
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