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O'Sullivan's Heels, New York

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

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

c. 1939, printed 1983

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

O'Sullivan's Heels, New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1938–1944

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 15

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: REF. 12559 ; inscribed verso: O’SULLIVAN’S HEELS [in a box] / NEW YORK, 1939 (?); stamped verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1983 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.; signed and stamped verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF THIS NEGATIVE / NOT EXCEEDING 15.; inscribed verso: Print made 1983; stamped verso: TONED IN SELENIUM.

Dimensions

Image: 28.6 × 27 cm (11 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.184

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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