Irving Penn
Vladimir Nabokov
1966 (negative), 1966 (print)
Image: 11 5/16 x 16 13/16 inches (28.7 x 42.7 cm); Sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 inches (29.2 x 43.1 cm); Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 inches (38.2 x 50.8 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper; mounted to cardstock.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.50
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Edition of 10.
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Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, center [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: NP; inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF: 6531; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: VLADIMIR NABOKOV / NORTH ITALY, 1966; inscribed in black ink, upper center [adjacent to title inscription]: (CHASING BUTTERFLIES); stamped and inscribed in black ink, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10.; inscribed in black ink, center [adjacent to artist's signature]: Print made 1966. / I.P.
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Irving Penn.
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