Irving Penn
1957 (negative), 1957 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper.
Image: 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (18.4 x 18.5 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches (25.2 x 20.2 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.
2007.9
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Irving Penn.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, lower center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: 5770-U-12; inscribed in graphite, upper right: PDH; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 6801; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: MAN RAY (C) / PARIS, NOV. 1957; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1984 by Irving Penn, COURTESY OF VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner and / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC.; inscribed in black ink and graphite, lower left: Print / made 1957. / I.P.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, lower right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10. / I.P.
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Edition of 10. Identified by the artist as version C among his portraits of Man Ray.
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