Irving Penn
Simone de Beauvoir
1957 (negative), 1984 (print)
Image: 10 11/16 x 10 11/16 inches (27.1 x 27.1 cm); Sheet: 13 7/8 x 11 inches (35.3 x 27.9 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.36
Notes
Edition of 6. In an electronic mail message dated July 19, 2007, Kimberly Jones of the Pace/MacGill Gallery explained that the stamp mark 'REPRODUCTION PRINT' on the mount verso indicates that this print was sent out for use in a publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: A.M.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 6076; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR / PARIS, 1957; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1984 by IRVING PENN, CARE OF / VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner and / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC.; stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 6.; inscribed in black ink, center left: Print made 1984. / I.P.; stamped in black ink, center right: TONED IN SELENIUM; stamped in black ink, center left: REPRODUCTION / PRINT.
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Irving Penn.
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