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Arshile Gorky & Wifredo Lam (B), 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:

July 17, 1946, printed January 26, 1999

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Arshile Gorky & Wifredo Lam (B), New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 11

Inscriptions

Stamped and inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink: REF. 18454, inscribed verso, upper center, in black ink: .. / ARSHILE GORKY AND WILFREDO LAM B [in a circle] / (NEW YORK, JULY 17, 1946) [in a box]; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright (c) 1999 by Irving Penn / Courtesy of Vogue / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer.; signed, stamped, and inscribed verso, lower left, in black ink: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle] / Print made Jan. 26, 1999. / I.P.; stamped and inscribed verso, center right, in black ink: “SIGNED PRINTS OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / NOT EXCEEDING 11. / I.P.; stamped verso, lower center, in black ink: TONED IN: SELENIUM; stamped verso, lower center, in black ink: HYPO ELIMINATED.

Dimensions

Image: 24.2 × 19.4 cm (9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Reference Number

2001.96

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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