Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning

Irving Penn
1947 (negative), 1983 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 inches (24.4 x 19.2 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 13/16 inches (24.9 x 19.8 cm)
Gift of Irving Penn.
2007.13
Provenance: 
Irving Penn.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, lower center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: MEDT 5; inscribed in graphite, upper right: JF; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 2386; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: MAX ERNST and / DOROTHEA TANNING / MARCH 20, 1947 NEW YORK; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1983 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, lower left: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 12.; stamped in black ink, lower right: TONED IN SELENIUM.
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Edition of 12.

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