About This Artwork

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

Underfoot I, New York, October 27, 1999, printed April 6, 2001

Gelatin silver print, edition of 8
55.8 x 44.5 cm (image); 60.5 x 49.2 cm (paper)
Stamped and inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink or graphite: “REF. 19697”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “·· E”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “UNDERFOOT I / (NEW YORK, OCT. 27, 1999) [in a box]”; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright ©1999 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer”; signed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink: “Print made April 6, 2001. / I.P.”; stamped verso, lower center, in black ink: “TONED IN: SELENIUM”; stamped and inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink: “VASILIOS ZATSE COLLABORATED CLOSELY / IN MAKING THE PRINT / IP”; inscribed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink: “8 SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE WITH VARIATIONS / IP.”

Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation in memory of James Wood, 2011.369

Photography
Not on Display