Aaron Copland

Irving Penn
1946 (negative), 2002 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (24.1 x 19.4 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 inches (25.2 x 20.3 cm)
Purchased as the gift of Richard L. Menschel and with the support of The Horace W. Goldsmith Fund for Americana and The Margaret T. Morris Fund.
2007.11
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Irving Penn.
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Recto: printed in white from the negative, upper right: 13054P-29. Verso: signed in graphite and stamped in black ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 20031; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: AARON COPLAND / (NEW YORK, OCT. 7, 1946); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1947-RENEWED 1975 by / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, lower center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 9. / I.P..; inscribed in graphite, center right [below artist's signature]: PRINT MADE JAN. 2002. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN: SELENIUM
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Edition of 9.

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