Funeral Home, American South

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Funeral Home, American South

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1941

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 13

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: REF. 15811; inscribed verso: ..; inscribed verso: FUNERAL HOME / (AMERICAN SOUTH) / 1941 [in a box]; signed and stamped verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]; inscribed verso: Print made 1990. / IP; stamped verso: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped and inscribed verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1985 by Irving Penn / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION OF / PHOTOGRAPHER.; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 13. / IP.

Dimensions

Image/paper: 28 × 26.4 cm (11 1/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 32.6 × 29.2 cm (12 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.186

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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