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Lion (3/4 View)

A work made of gelatin silver print.
Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1986, printed 1986

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Lion (3/4 View)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1986

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 19

Inscriptions

Stamped and inscribed verso: REF. SK27 ; inscribed verso: LION (3/4 VIEW) / (NEG. NO. 216) [in a box]; stamped verso: PHOTOGRAPHED AT NARODNI MUSEUM / PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1986 ; stamped and inscribed verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1986 by IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed verso: Signed prints of this photograph not exceeding 19; stamped verso: TONED IN SELENIUM ; inscribed verso: Print made 1986. / IP. ; signed and stamped verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle].

Dimensions

Image: 48.4 × 59.5 cm (19 1/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Mount: 55.8 × 65.9 cm (22 × 26 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.179

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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