Research Catalog

Title

Portfolios of Polaroid prints [graphic] / Elizabeth Elser.

Author

Elser, Elizabeth

Publication

1979?-1985.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955.

Description

• 25 portfolios (486 photographic prints) : dye diffusion transfer, col.; prints 3.12" x 3.12" in various sized mats.
• 1 portfolio (39 photographic prints) : dye diffusion transfer, b&w ;
• 1 photographic print : polaroid, b&w ;

Summary

Views of various subjects, some abstracted by focusing on details, including: advertisement for a Porsche; boats on a river, dead bird on a brick sidewalk; sun, low in the sky, sometimes almost obscured by clouds; dandelions by the edge of a path; a toy circus; shadows of a tree, garden; drops on mesh or screen; writing; willow with leaves, and another tree that is bare; leaves; view of a moon globe; tennis court and net; peacock feathers; Persian cat; river views including fishermen; horses, including one harnessed to carriage and man on horseback; swans, including a dead one; dogs; a carnival, including rides; marching band; child with toy helicopter; parrot in a cage; Rittenhouse Square, including night view and views of snow; lock; license plates; shelves and clutter; brick walkway; wooden wall or box with stencilled lettering; metal mesh enclosure; lemons, limes; geese and ducks on a canal; tools; roses; Coke sign; trees, plants and flowers; boy on bike, sunset; moon and night sky; girls; bird; boy with ball; women in bathing suits; balcony railings and shadows; brick walls; cyclone fence; lawns and gardens; aerial view.

Subject

• Advertisements
• Amusement rides
• Balconies
• Birds
• Brickwork
• Canals
• Cats
• Children
• Circuses & shows
• Dogs
• Ducks
• Feathers
• Fences
• Flowers
• Gardens
• Globes
• Horses
• License plates
• Lemons
• Limes
• Moon
• Night
• Parks > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
• Parrots
• Railings
• Rivers
• Shells
• Sunsets
• Swans
• Tennis courts
• Toys
• Trees
• Pennsylvania

Genre/Form

• Portraits.
• Aerial photographs.
• Photographic prints.
• Portfolios.
• Dye diffusion transfer photographic prints.
• Dye diffusion transfer photographic prints – color.

Note

• 26 portfolios consisting of matted polaroid prints in slipcases in plain, marbled or other patterned paper, with titles and photographer's name on spine. One image includes excerpt of poetry by Wallace Stevens in letterpress on overmat.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Elizabeth Elser, 1983, 1985.

Exhibitions (note)

• Exhibited: New Acquisitions, NYPL, 1985.

Contents

[1] 928 -- [2] Bird -- [3] Boating -- [4] Cartwheel -- [5] Circus -- [6] CM -- [7] Dandelions -- [8] Greening willow -- [9] III -- [10] Leafy faces -- [11] The moon -- [12] Net -- [13] Peacock feathers -- [14] Persian cat -- [15] Rittenhouse Square -- [16] The river -- [17] Shells -- [18] Souvenirs -- [19] SX70 -- [20] SX70, vol. 9 -- [21] Toy -- [22] USA, vol. 1 -- [23] USA, vol. 2 -- [24] Variations I -- [25] Variations II -- [26] Z -- [27] [Untitled, framed photo]

Call Number

MFZ+ (Elser) 93-6325

OCLC

NYPG93-F281

Author

Elser, Elizabeth, photographer.

Title

Portfolios of Polaroid prints [graphic] / Elizabeth Elser.

Imprint

1979?-1985.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Provenance

Gift of Elizabeth Elser, 1983, 1985.

Exhibitions

[5] Circus Exhibited: New Acquisitions, NYPL, 1985.

Added Author

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. Author

Research Call Number

MFZ+ (Elser) 93-6325