Irving Penn
1962 (negative), 1962-63 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper.
Image: 13 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (34.3 x 34 cm); Sheet: 16 15/16 x 14 inches (43 x 35.5 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.
2007.48
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Irving Penn.
Inscription:
Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: NP / 2 [star]; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: EDWARD ALBEE / (NEW YORK, DEC. 3, 1962); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center left: REF. 9488; stamped in black ink, center: Photograph / by / IRVING PENN; inscribed in red ink, center: 62135-66; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1963 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.; inscribed in black ink, center left: Print made 1962-1963. / I.P.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATVIE NOT EXCEEDING 4.
Notes:
Edition of 4. The artists identifies this image as number 2 out of 4 portraits of Edward Albee.
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