Irving Penn
1951 (negative), 1983 (print)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Image: 10 13/16 x 10 11/16 inches (27.4 x 27.2 cm); Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 15/16 inches (35.7 x 27.8 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.
2007.38
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Irving Penn.
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Verso: signed in graphite and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: TOW 2 8 ['8' superimposed over a '7']; inscribed in graphite, upper right: SP; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 299; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS / NEW YORK 1951; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1951--RENEWED 1978 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 35; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in graphite, lower left: Print made 1983.
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Edition of 35.
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