The present lot, a series of nine Polaroids, is one of several studies by Duane Hanson that served as inspiration for his renowned work—hyper-realistic, life-sized sculptures of ordinary Americans. Informal and unassuming, Hanson’s subjects are at once familiar and foreign to the viewer. This example shows Hanson closely observing a waitress in several uniforms and poses as she goes about her vocation. Rather than replicating one image exactly, Hanson’s final sculptures are an amalgamation of all—a moment between frames that never materialized in his lens.