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Seascape, Japan

A work made of platinum-iridium print.
Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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  • A work made of platinum-iridium print.

Date:

1964, printed 1968

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Seascape, Japan

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1964

Medium

Platinum-iridium print

Edition

1 of 10

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: “..”; inscribed verso: “JAPANESE LANDSCAPE, 1964 [in a box]”; inscribed verso; “P364 [in a circle]”; inscribed verso: “Platinum-iridium / Print made 1968”; stamped verso; “Deacidified”; stamped and inscribed verso: “In addition to 10 prints of this / image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 3 may exist.”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1964 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / Hand-coated by the photographer.”

Dimensions

Image: 28.5 × 43.2 cm (11 1/4 × 17 1/16 in.); Paper: 51.8 × 58 cm (20 7/16 × 22 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.256

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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