Irving Penn
1973 (negative), 1973 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper.
Image: 13 13/16 x 13 9/16 inches (35.1 x 34.4 cm); Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.9 x 35.3 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.
2007.47
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Irving Penn.
Inscription:
Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 7930; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: ELLSWORTH KELLY / NEW YORK STATE, AUG. 31, 1973; inscribed in graphite, center: Ellsworth Kelly / 7325; stamped and inscribed in black ink, left center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1973 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, right center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 7.; inscribed in black ink, lower center: Print / made / 1973.
Notes:
Edition of 7. The artist identifies this image as number 1 out of 2 portraits of Ellsworth Kelly.
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