Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lawrence (Gwen), New York

Photography and Media

February 18, 1947, printed 1947/48

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Irving Penn
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lawrence (Gwen), New York
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 1947
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Edition: of 40
Dimensions: Image: 47.7 × 39.4 cm (18 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 × 40.4 cm (20 × 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Irving Penn
Reference Number: 2003.31
Copyright: Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

Art Institute of Chicago, “About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection,” October 9, 2004–January 16, 2005. (Katherine Bussard)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs by the Score: Personal Visions Twenty-Some Years Apart,” October 7, 2006–January 14, 2007. (David Travis)
London, England, National Portrait Gallery, “Irving Penn Portraits,” February 18–May 30, 2010; traveled to the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, July 1-September 19, 2010. (Magda Keaney)

Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 2003.

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