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Black Hat and White Face, New York, (Carolyn Murphy)

A work made of platinum-palladium print.
Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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  • A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Date:

June 24, 1997, printed January 1998

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Black Hat and White Face, New York, (Carolyn Murphy)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1997

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Edition

7 of 10

Inscriptions

Stamped and inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink “REF: 4550”; inscribed verso, upper center, in black ink: “.. / BLACK HAT AND WHITE FACE / (New York, June 24, 1997) [in a box] / (CAROLYN MURPHY)”; stamped and inscribed center left, in black ink: “HAND COATED BY / THE PHOTOGRAPHER / I.P.”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “BENFANG PAPER ON ALUMINUM / PLATINUM-PALLADIUM / PRINT MADE JANUARY 1998”; inscribed verso, center right, in black ink: “7/10”; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in red and black ink: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright (c) 1997 by Irving Penn / Courtesy of Vogue / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer.”; stamped and inscribed verso, center left, in black ink: “SIGNED PRINTS OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / NOT EXCEEDING 10. / I.P.”; signed and stamped verso, center right, in black ink: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; stamped verso, center right, in black ink: “Deacidified.”

Dimensions

Image: 45.1 × 42.9 cm (17 13/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Paper: 52.8 × 47.9 cm (20 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

2001.89

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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