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Optician's Shop Window (B), New York

A work made of gelatin silver print.
Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

c. 1939, printed 1982

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Optician's Shop Window (B), New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1938–1944

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 65

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: REF. 12526 ; inscribed verso: OPTICIAN’S SHOP WINDOW [in a box] (VERSION B) / NEW YORK, 1939 (?); stamped and inscribed verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1948–RENEWED 1976 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; signed and stamped verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]; inscribed verso: Print made 1982; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 65.

Dimensions

Image: 33.5 × 24.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.183

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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