Irving Penn
John Updike
1970 (negative), 1984 (print)
Image:15 1/16 x 14 15/16 inches (38.3 x 37.9 cm); Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 inches (50.4 x 40.5 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.
2007.63
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Edition of 15.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, lower left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: CW [encircled] 6 [sideways]; inscribed in black ink, center [in rectangular border]: JOHN UPDIKE / NEW YORK, 1970; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: REF: 14427; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center:PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1971 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, lower center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS / OF THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 15.; stamped in black ink, lower center: TONED IN SELENIUM; inscribed in black ink, lower center: Print made 1984. / I. P.
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