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New York Still Life

A work made of platinum-palladium print.
Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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  • A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Date:

1947, printed August/September 1978

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

New York Still Life

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1947

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Edition

48 of 65

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: “1746 / .. [in a circle]”; inscribed verso: “NEW YORK STILL LIFE”; inscribed verso: “Rives Paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / 1 [in a circle] Platinum-palladium / 2 [in a circle] Platinum-palladium”; inscribed verso: “Print made August-September 1978”; inscribed verso: “48/65”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright ©1947 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright holder.”; stamped and inscribed verso: “In addition to 65 numbered prints in platinum metals, unnumbered prints not exceeding a total of 20 may exist.”

Dimensions

Image: 45 × 58.5 cm (17 3/4 × 23 1/16 in.); Mount: 55.9 × 63 cm (22 1/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.162

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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