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Berber Horsemen, A Fantasia, Morocco

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

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1951, printed 1951/52

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Berber Horsemen, A Fantasia, Morocco

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1951

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 10

Inscriptions

Stamped and inscribed verso: Ref. 9840 ; inscribed verso: ..; inscribed verso: BERBER HORSEMEN, A FANTASIA / (NEAR MARRAKECH, 1951) [in a box]; stamped and inscribed verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1952–RENEWED 1980 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 1951-1952. / IP.; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10.; stamped and inscribed verso: There are also in existence 39 [illegible] transfers of this image / I.P.

Dimensions

Image: 19.7 × 24.2 cm (7 13/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.4 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.252

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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