Irving Penn
W. Somerset Maugham
1962 (negative), 1984 (print)
Image and sheet: 15 9/16 x 15 11/16 inches (39.5 x 39.9 cm); Mount: 19 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches (50.5 x 50.5 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.64
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Edition of 20.
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Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right [encircled]: P.K.; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM / FRANCE (ST. JEAN, CAP FERRAT) / MAR. 25, 1962.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 7706; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1962 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: There are also in existence 15 prints / of this negative in platinum metals.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 20.; stamped in black ink, center: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in black ink, center [adjacent to artist's signature]: Print made 1984. / I.P.
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Irving Penn.
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