John Updike

Irving Penn
1970 (negative), 1984 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image:15 1/16 x 14 15/16 inches (38.3 x 37.9 cm); Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 inches (50.4 x 40.5 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.
2007.63
Provenance: 
Irving Penn.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, lower left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: CW [encircled] 6 [sideways]; inscribed in black ink, center [in rectangular border]: JOHN UPDIKE / NEW YORK, 1970; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: REF: 14427; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center:PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1971 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, lower center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS / OF THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 15.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in black ink, lower center: Print made 1984. / I. P.
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Edition of 15.

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