Jean Cocteau

Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: J. B.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 2018; inscribed in black ink, upper center: 1; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: JEAN COCTEAU (A) / PARIS, JULY 26, 1948.; inscribed in black ink, upper center: NEG. 242.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center [in square, upside down]: 16470 P-242 / MODEL / DATE OF SITTING / OCT 27 1948 / ISSUE USED / COPYRIGHT / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, Inc.; inscribed in black ink, center [with arrow pointing to stamped date of 'OCT 27 1948']: PRINT MADE / THIS DATE. / I.P.; inscribed in graphite, center: 242; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 15.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1949--RENEWED 1977 by / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in brown ink and inscribed in graphite, center: There are also in existence 35 prints / of this negative in platinum metals.; stamped in brown ink, lower center [upside down]: PHOTOGRAPH / BY / PENN.