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Underfoot I, 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:

October 27, 1999, printed April 6, 2001

Artist:

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Irving Penn

Title

Underfoot I, New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1999

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Edition

of 8

Inscriptions

Stamped and inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink or graphite: REF. 19697 ; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: ·· E; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: UNDERFOOT I / (NEW YORK, OCT. 27, 1999) [in a box] ; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright ©1999 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer ; signed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle] ; inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink: Print made April 6, 2001. / I.P. ; stamped verso, lower center, in black ink: TONED IN: SELENIUM ; stamped and inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink: VASILIOS ZATSE COLLABORATED CLOSELY / IN MAKING THE PRINT / IP ; inscribed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink: 8 SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE WITH VARIATIONS / IP.

Dimensions

Image: 55.8 × 44.5 cm (22 × 17 9/16 in.); Paper: 60.5 × 49.2 cm (23 7/8 × 19 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation in memory of James Wood

Reference Number

2011.369

Copyright

Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation

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