Irving Penn
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
1947 (negative), before 1972 (print)
Image: 13 7/16 x 10 9/16 inches (34.1 x 26.9 cm); Sheet: 13 15/16 x 11 inches (35.4 x 28 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.37
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Edition of 65.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: AS / MT ['MT' encircled]; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 406; inscribed in graphite, upper right: S-5; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: H.L. MENCKEN (RT.) / AND / GEORGE JEAN NATHAN (L.) / (NEW YORK, 1947); inscribed in graphite, center: MENKEN + NATHAN / 14224 P-7; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1948--RENEWED 1977 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; inscribed in black ink, center [below artist's signature]: EARLY PRINT; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 65.
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