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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009Underfoot VIII, New York, August/September 2000, printed October 2000
Gelatin silver print, edition of 10
Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation
38.7 x 39 cm (image); 45.5 x 41 cm (paper)
Stamped and inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink: “REF. 19748”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “··E”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “UNDERFOOT VIII / (NEW YORK, AUG.–SEPT. 2000) [in a box]”; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “PHOTOGRAPHY BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 2000 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer”; stamped and inscribed verso, lower center, in black ink: “CHRIS NOFZIGER COLLABORATED / AT THE CAMERA / IP.”; 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 October 2000 / IP.”; signed verso, lower center, in black ink: “Irving Penn [in a circle]”; 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: “10 SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF THIS NEGATIVE, WITH VARIATIONS”
Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation in memory of James Wood, 2011.376Photography
Not on DisplayExhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Underfoot: Photographs by Irving Penn," July 10–November 28, 2004; traveled to San Francisco, California, Fraenkel Gallery, January 6–March 5, 2005; and New York, New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, October 6–November 5, 2005 (Philadelphia only).
AIC, "Irving Penn: Underfoot," January 17–May 12, 2013. (Matthew S. Witkovsky)Ownership History
Estate of the artist; by descent to the artist's son, Tom Penn [who is also the executive director of The Irving Penn Foundation]; given by the Foundation to the Art Institute, 2011.
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