Irving Penn
Aaron Copland
1946 (negative), 2002 (print)
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (24.1 x 19.4 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 inches (25.2 x 20.3 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Purchased as the gift of Richard L. Menschel and with the support of The Horace W. Goldsmith Fund for Americana and The Margaret T. Morris Fund.
2007.11
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Edition of 9.
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Recto: printed in white from the negative, upper right: 13054P-29. Verso: signed in graphite and stamped in black ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 20031; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in rectangular border]: AARON COPLAND / (NEW YORK, OCT. 7, 1946); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1947-RENEWED 1975 by / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, lower center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 9. / I.P..; inscribed in graphite, center right [below artist's signature]: PRINT MADE JAN. 2002. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN: SELENIUM
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