Irving Penn
1947 (negative), ca. 1947-48 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper; mounted to cardstock.
Image and sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 7/16 inches (18.8 x 23.9 cm); Mount: 14 x 11 inches (35.5 x 28 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.
2007.40
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Irving Penn.
Inscription:
Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, lower center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in black ink, upper right: 14605 P-4; stamped in black ink, upper right: [2 stars]; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: RICHARD RODGERS AND / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II / NEW YORK, JULY 21, 1947; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 10327; inscribed in graphite, center: HAMMERSTEIN / + / RODGERS; stamped in black ink, center: COPYRIGHT / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.; inscribed in black ink, center right: Print made 1947-1948. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH / BY / PENN; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1948--RENEWED 1976 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, lower right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 4.
Notes:
Edition of 4. The artist identifies this number 1 out of 2 among his portraits of Hammerstein and Rodgers.
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