Chicks in a Jar (A), Mexico

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Chicks in a Jar (A), Mexico

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1942

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 10

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: CHICKS IN A JAR (A) / MEXICO, 1942 [in a box]; stamped and inscribed verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright (c) 1964 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10.; signed and stamped verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]; inscribed verso: Print made 1983. / IP.; stamped verso: TONED IN SELENIUM.

Dimensions

35.5 × 27.6 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.160

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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