Irving Penn
1984 (negative), 1984 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.
Image and sheet: 15 1/4 x 15 1/16 inches (38.7 x 38.2 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.
2007.59
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Irving Penn.
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Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: P.K.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: REF. 13033; inscribed in black ink, center [in rectangular border]: NORMAN MAILER / NEW YORK, 1984. (FEB. 13); stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1984 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 15.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: TONED IN SELENIUM 15.; inscribed in black ink, center [adjacent to artist's signature]: Print made 1984. / I.P.
Notes:
Edition of 15. The artist identifies this image as number 1 out of 2 among his portraits of Mailer.
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