Irving Penn
Francis Bacon
1962 (negative), 1984 (print)
Image: 10 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches (25.7 x 25.8 cm); Sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 inches (35.4 x 27.7 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.39
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Edition of 15.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, upper center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: A.M.; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: FRANCIS BACON / LONDON, JUNE 1962.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 9769; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1963 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: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 15.; inscribed in black ink, center left: Print made 1984. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, center right: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, lower center: There are also in existence 30 prints / of this negative in platinum metals.
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Irving Penn.
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