Irving Penn
1992 (negative), 1992 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image: 10 7/16 x 10 3/8 inches (26.5 x 26.4 cm); Sheet: 11 3/16 x 10 15/16 inches (28.4 x 27.8 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.
2007.42
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Irving Penn.
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Verso: signed in graphite and stamped in black ink, center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: RM; inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF: 17006; inscribed in graphite, center [in rectangular border]: LOUISE BOURGEOIS B ['B' encircled] / (NEW YORK, 1992); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1992 by IRVING PENN, CARE OF / HOUSE & GARDEN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer.; inscribed in graphite, lower center [below artist's signature]: Print made 1992. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, lower right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 4. / I.P..
Notes:
Edition of 4. The artist identifies this image as version A among his portraits of Louise Bourgeois from this sitting.
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