Irving Penn
Robert Rauschenberg
2005 (negative), 2005 (print)
Image and sheet: 15 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches (38.4 x 38.4 cm); Mount: 17 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches (44.8 x 44.7 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.
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.
2007.58
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Edition of 12.
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Verso of mount: signed and stamped in gray ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: ag; stamped in gray ink and inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 21975; inscribed in black ink, upper center: ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG / (NEW YORK, JAN. 12, 2005); stamped in gray ink and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 2005 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer; inscribed in black ink, center right [below artist's signature]: PRINT MADE FEB 2005. / I.P.; stamped in gray ink, center left: TONED IN: SELENIUM; stamped in gray ink and inscribed in black ink, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 12. / I.P.
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