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Twelve original dye-transfer color photographs, 8½x10" and 15x20" mounts. 4 pages of preliminary matter (in 2 copies, as usual). Housed together in the original folding green cloth portfolio, ribbon ties.

A significant and influential portfolio by Porter. "As its name implies, the dye transfer process literally involves transferring dyes (cyan, magenta, and yellow) in succession and in careful registration onto a sheet of gelatin-coated paper. Porter remained committed to the dye transfer process, both before and after the invention of simpler and more commonly used color papers, because it delivered richly colored prints and allowed him to control the exact hues and contrast of each final print." From the Eliot Porter Collection Guide, published on the Amon Carter Museum web site.