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Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Washington D.C.

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

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  • A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Date:

1951, printed 1973

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Washington D.C.

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1951

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Edition

24 of 35

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: “DR. AND MRS. GILBERT H. GROSVENOR / (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1951) [in a box]”; inscribed verso: “.. / P1033 / .. [in a circle]”; inscribed verso: “GROSVENORS / Platinum-palladium / Print made 1973 / Arches Paper / Single coating, multiple printing”; inscribed verso: “24/35”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1951–RENEWED 1979 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.”; stamped and inscribed verso: “Hand-coated by the photographer / I.P.”

Dimensions

Image: 36.6 × 50.9 cm (14 7/16 × 20 1/16 in.); Paper: 56.8 × 59.3 cm (22 3/8 × 23 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.208

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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