2009.96.1.22

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California Flea Market Series, Untitled 54
1977
19.875 in HIGH x 15.875 in WIDE
(50.48 cm HIGH x 40.32 cm WIDE)
Gift of Mark, Annette and Elizabeth Levinson
2009.96.1.22

portfolio; cream cardstock sheet with photo label
in graphite, verso, BR
handwritten in graphite on verso, bottom margin: "From the 'C.F.M.' Series, Untitled 54, 1977 [copyright] Joel D. Levinson"





This is a black and white photograph taken at a flea-market. A woman in a light colored shirt and skirt stands looking at a display of wigs on mannequin heads. The woman appears at left with her back to the camera and her hair plaited in a single long braid. The wigs appear across the upper half of the image on shelving units.

Info from Frontice Sheet - All black and white photographs are vintage silver prints, printed on Portriga Rapid III Matt Paper (noted as the highest quantity silver content paper ever made for mass use) Selenium Toned and printed by Joel D. Levinson from 1975 - 1986 and sold only in the 11 x 14 and 16 x 20 sizes. Not a single balck and white print was made or printed after 1986.

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