Irving Penn
2006 (negative), 2006 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.
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)
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
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Irving Penn.
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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.
Notes:
Edition of 11. The artist identifies this image as A among his portraits of Jasper Johns from this sitting.
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