Sitting Nude Rear, New York

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Sitting Nude Rear, New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1993

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Edition

3 of 6

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: “../3936”; inscribed verso: “SITTING NUDE REAR / (NEW YORK, 1993) [in a box]”; stamped and inscribed verso: “HAND COATED BY / THE PHOTOGRAPHER / IP:”; stamped verso: “Deacidified”; inscribed verso: “RIVES PAPER ON ALUMINUM / MULTIPLE COATING AND PRINTING / 1 [in a circle] PLATINUM-PALLADIUM / 2 [in a circle] PLATINUM-PALLADIUM / 3 [in a circle] PLATINUM-PALLADIUM”; inscribed verso: “3/6”; stamped verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1994 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.”; inscribed verso: “Print made June 1994”; stamped and inscribed verso: “In addition to 6 numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals / unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 18 may exist. / IP”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle].”

Dimensions

Image: 47 × 47 cm (18 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.); Paper/mount: 61.5 × 54.3 cm (24 1/4 × 21 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

1996.291

Copyright

Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.