Irving Penn
David Smith
1964 (negative), 1984 (print)
Image and sheet: 15 1/8 x 14 15/16 inches (38.4 x 37.9 cm); Mount: 19 15/16 x 19 15/16 inches (50.7 x 50.7 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.60
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Edition of 15.
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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: LAH; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: REF. 8693; inscribed in black ink, center [in rectangular border]: DAVID SMITH / BOLTON'S LANDING, NEW YORK / OCTOBER, 1964; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1965 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in gray ink and inscribed in graphite, center: There are also in existence 16 prints / of this negative in platinum materials.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 15.; inscribed in black ink, center [adjacent to artist's signature]: Print made 1984. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, center right: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in graphite, lower right: IP. 0391. Y
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