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99-Year-Old House, San Francisco

A work made of gelatin silver print.
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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1947, printed 1990

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

99-Year-Old House, San Francisco

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1947

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 11

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: REF 15834 ; inscribed verso: 99 YEAR OLD HOUSE (PICKET FENCE) / SAN FRANCISCO / 1947 [in a box] ; signed and stamped verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle] ; inscribed verso: Print made 1990. / I.P. ; stamped verso: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1947–RENEWED 1979 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer.; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 11. / I.P.

Dimensions

Image/paper: 27.9 × 26.5 cm (11 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 33.1 × 30.6 cm (13 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.192

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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