Irving Penn
Saul Steinberg
1947 (negative), before 1959 (print)
Image and sheet: 14 15/16 x 13 1/4 inches (38 x 33.6 cm); Mount: 17 1/16 x 16 15/16 inches (43.3 x 43 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper; mounted to cardstock.
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.
2007.56
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Edition of 10.
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Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: MM [illegible]; inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 9010; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: SAUL STEINBERG / NEW YORK, JAN. 29, 1947.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1958 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS LTD.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10.; inscribed in black ink, center: Print made before 1959. I.P.
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