Irving Penn
1948 (negative), 1984 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image: 7 9/16 x 7 7/16 inches (24.3 x 18.9 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.2 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Irving Penn.
2007.14
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Irving Penn.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, lower left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 2823; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: MARCEL DUCHAMP (WITH PIPE IN MOUTH) / NEW YORK, APRIL 30, 1948.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1984 by Irving Penn, COURTESY OF VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner and / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 20.; stamped in black ink, lower right: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in black ink, lower right: Print made 1984. / I.P.
Notes:
Edition of 20. Artist identifies this image as number one of two portraits of Duchamp made in a single sitting.
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