Rock Groups

Irving Penn
1967 (negative), 1984 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper; mounted to cardstock.
Image and sheet: 15 3/4 x 16 7/16 inches (40 x 41.7 cm); Mount: 19 15/16 x 19 7/8 inches (50.6 x 50.5 cm)
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.66
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Irving Penn.
Inscription: 
Verso of mount: stamped in black ink, upper center: REPRODUCTION / PRINT; inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF: 7578; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: ROCK GROUPS - SAN FRANCISCO (1967) / (L.) BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY / (R.) THE GRATEFUL DEAD; stamped in black ink, upper center [below title inscription]: IRVING PENN; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1967 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.
Notes: 

Edition of 12. 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.

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