Irving Penn
1983 (negative), 1983 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image: 10 11/16 x 10 9/16 inches (27.1 x 26.9 cm); Sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 inches (35.4 x 27.7 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.
2007.27
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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 left: PR6; inscribed in graphite, upper right: RM; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 12350; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: PHILIP ROTH / (NEW YORK, 1983); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1983 by / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in black ink, center right: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 8.; inscribed in graphite, center left [below artist's signature]: Print made 1983. / I.P.
Notes:
Edition of 8.
The artist identifies this image as number 1 out of 2 portraits he made of Philip Roth.
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