Gelatin silver prints on original cardboard mounts, each pencil signed "Bayard Wootten" on the mount, unframed.

Sheet Size 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 in., Mount 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (the first); Sheet Size 14 x 10 1/8 in., Mount 21 x 16 1/4 in. (the second)

Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC

Bayard Wootten was a native of New Bern, North Carolina who pioneered field photography for women. She is best known for her haunting portraits of rural Southerners, such as the stunning examples offered here.

Several nicks - primarily at edges - and toning; surface inconsistencies to the second; some light stains to the second; some staining and tears/loss to cardboard mounts.

$400 - 800