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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
Martha Graham, New York, March 20, 1948, printed c. 1948
Gelatin silver print, edition of 12
24.4 x 19.5 cm (image); 25.3 x 20.3 cm (paper)
Inscribed verso: “..”; inscribed verso: “MARTHA GRAHAM / (NEW YORK, MAR. 20, 1948) [in a box]”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1984 by Irving Penn, COURTESY OF VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner and THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.”; stamped and inscribed verso: “SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 12.”; inscribed verso: “Print made near to date of / photographic sitting. / I.P.”
Gift of Irving Penn, 1996.200
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
AIC, “Irving Penn, A Career in Photography,” November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998; traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, March 1–May 16, 1998; Hamburg, Germany, Deichtorhallen, June 18–September 6, 1998; Munich, Germany, Müchner Stadtmuseum, October 6, 1998–February 21, 1999; San Francisco, California, Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center for Photography, November 11, 1999–January 23, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–June 4, 2000; Paris, France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 13–November 5, 2000 (Chicago only). (Colin Westerbeck)
London, England, National Portrait Gallery, "Irving Penn Portraits," February 18–June 6, 2010.
Publication History
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 69, cat. 28, pl. 21.
Ownership History
Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.