Irving Penn
Rudolf Nureyev
1965 (negative), 1993 (print)
Image and sheet: 15 9/16 x 15 1/2 inches (39.5 x 39.4 cm); Mount: 17 7/8 x 17 15/16 inches (45.4 x 45.5 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.57
Notes
Edition of 6. Object not signed. Edition size and print date provided by Pace/MacGill Gallery. In an electronic mail message dated July 19, 2007, Kimberly Jones of the Pace/MacGill Gallery explained that the stamp mark 'REPRODUCTION PRINT' on the mount verso indicates that this print was sent out for use in a publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso of mount: inscribed in graphite, upper right: RM; inscribed in black ink, center left: REF: 17042; inscribed in black ink, center [in rectangular border]: RUDOLPH NUREYEV / (NEW YORK), 1965) [sic]; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1965 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: REPRODUCTION / PRINT / I.P.; stamped in black ink, center left: TONED IN SELENIUM.
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Irving Penn.
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