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S.J. Perelman

Irving Penn

S.J. Perelman

1962 (negative), 1988 (print)
Image and sheet: 14 9/16 x 14 7/16 inches (37 x 36.7 cm); Mount: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (39.4 x 39.4 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned; mounted to cardstock.

Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.

2007.45
Notes
Edition of 15.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso of mount: signed and stamped in black ink, center left [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper right: RM; inscribed in black ink, upper left: REF. 15518; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: S.J. PERELMAN / NEW YORK, OCT. 31, / 1962; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center right: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1963 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; inscribed in black ink, center left: Print made 1988.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, lower center: The maximum number of SIGNED SILVER original prints / of this image will not exceed 15. / I.P.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, lower right: There are also in existence 15 prints / of this negative in platinum metals.; stamped in black ink, lower left: TONED IN SELENIUM.
Provenance
Irving Penn.
Artist
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