Vitrier (Glazier), Paris

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Vitrier (Glazier), Paris

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1950

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Edition

12 of 25

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: “P1158 / .. [in a circle]”; inscribed verso: “VITRIER, PARIS, 1950 [in a box]”; stamped verso: “IRVING PENN”; inscribed verso: “.. / Platinum-palladium / Print made November 1976”; stamped verso: “Deacidified”; inscribed verso: “12/25 [in a circle]”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / Hand-coated by the photographer / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; stamped and inscribed verso: “In addition to 25 prints of this / image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 7 may exist / I.P.”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1951 by / LES EDITIONS CONDE NAST S.A. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.”

Dimensions

Image: 43.1 × 27.8 cm (17 × 11 in.); Paper: 57 × 39 cm (22 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.265

Copyright

Copyright Les Editions Condé Nast S.A.

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