Irving Penn
Saul Bellow
1964 (negative), 1983 (print)
Image: 10 3/4 x 10 11/16 inches (27.3 x 27.1 cm); Sheet: 14 x 10 15/16 inches (35.5 x 27.7 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
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.
2007.34
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Edition of 12.
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Verso: signed in graphite and stamped in black ink, lower left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: SB4; inscribed in graphite, upper right: SP; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 385; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: SAUL BELLOW / NEW YORK, SEPT. 1964; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1964 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 12; stamped in black ink, center: TONED IN SELENIUM.
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Irving Penn.
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