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Optician's Window (Later Version), New York

A work made of gelatin silver print.
Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1942, printed 1983

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Optician's Window (Later Version), New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date

Made 1942

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: REF 12497; inscribed verso: OPTICIAN’S SHOP WINDOW (LATER VERSION) [in a box] / NEW YORK, 1942; stamped verso: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1984 by IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner. ; stamped and signed verso: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]; inscribed verso: Print made 1983; stamped verso: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped and inscribed verso: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 7.

Dimensions

26.9 × 25.4cm (image); 35.5 × 27.6 (paper)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.189

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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