Irving Penn
Jorge Luis Borges
1969 (negative), 1984 (print)
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (24.4 x 19.3 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches (25.3 x 20.2 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Gift of Irving Penn.
2007.7
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Edition of 10.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, lower left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: LK 8; stamped and inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 240; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: JORGE LUIS BORGES / NEW YORK, DEC. 11, 1969; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1970 by / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC. / not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in black ink, lower left [below artist's signature]: Print made 1984. / I.P.
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Irving Penn.
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