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Truman Capote

Irving Penn

Truman Capote

1948 (negative), 1983 (print)
Image: 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches (24.4 x 15.9 cm); Sheet: 9 13/16 x 6 5/8 inches (24.9 x 16.8 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.

Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.

2007.3
Notes
Edition of 42.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: signed in graphite and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: TC5; inscribed in graphite, upper right: SP; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: TRUMAN CAPOTE / (MARCH 5, 1948 NEW YORK); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 2413; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper center: IRVING PENN / PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1983 by Irving Penn, COURTESY OF VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner and / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1983 by / IRVING PENN, COURTESY OF VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.; inscribed in graphite, center: Print made 1983; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 42; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN SELENIUM.
Provenance
Irving Penn.
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