Irving Penn
Jasper Johns
2006 (negative), 2006 (print)
Image and sheet: 9 3/4 x 9 11/16 inches (24.8 x 24.6 cm); Mount: 11 5/16 x 11 3/16 inches (28.7 x 28.4 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; 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.
2007.41
Notes
Edition of 11. The artist identifies this image as A among his portraits of Jasper Johns from this sitting.
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Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: R.K.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 22394; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: JASPER JOHNS A ['A' encircled] / (NEW YORK, JUNE 8, 2006); stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 2006 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 11. / I.P.; inscribed in black ink, lower right [below artist's signature]: PRINT MADE JUNE 2006. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN: SELENIUM.
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